(8pts.) Let random variable X be the length of a side of a square. Suppose that...
1. Suppose the random variable X has the following probability
density function:
Problem Set: 1. Suppose the random variable X has the following probability density function: p(x) = fcx 0sxs2 10 otherwise. ] Note this probability density function is also of the form of an unknown parameter c. (a) Determine the value of c that makes this a valid probability density function. (b) Determine the expected value of X, E[X]. (c) Determine the variance of X, V(X).
Problem 5. Let X be a continuous random variable with a 2-paameter exponential distribution with parameters α = 0.4 and xo = 0.45, ie, ;x 2 0.45 x 〈 0.45 f(x) = (2.5e-2.5 (-0.45) Variable Y is a function of X: a) Find the first order approximation for the expected value and variance of Y b) Find the probability density function (PDF) of Y. c) Find the expected value and variance of Y from its PDF
Problem 5. Let X...
Let X be a random variable with probability density function fx= c1-x2, -1<x<10, otherwise What is the support of X? What is the value of c? Sketch the probability density function of X. Find P(X<0). Find P(X<0.5). Find P(X<2). Determine the expected value of X.
Let X be an exponential random variable with parameter 1 = 2, and let Y be the random variable defined by Y = 8ex. Compute the distribution function, probability density function, expectation, and variance of Y
Question 3: Let X be a continuous random variable with
cumulative distribution function FX (x) = P (X ≤ x). Let Y = FX
(x). Find the probability density function and the cumulative
distribution function of Y .
Question 3: Let X be a continuous random variable with cumulative distribution function FX(x) = P(X-x). Let Y = FX (x). Find the probability density function and the cumulative distribution function of Y
Find the variance of random variable X. 7.. Let X be a continuous random variable whose probability density function is: -(2x3 + ar', if x E (0:1) if x (0;1) Find 1) the coefficient a; 2) P(O.5eX<0.7); 3) P(X>3). Part 3. Statistics A sample of measurements is given X 8 -2 0 2 8
Problem 5. Let X be a binomial random variable with parameters n and p. Suppose that we want to generate a random variable Y whose probability mass function is the same as the conditional mass function of X given X-k, for some k-n. Let a = P(X-k), and suppose that the value of a has been computed (a) Give the inverse transform method for generating Y. (b) Give a second method for generating Y (c) For what values of a,...
1. Let X be a continuous random variable with the probability density function fx(x) = 0 35x57, zero elsewhere. Let Y be a Uniform (3, 7) random variable. Suppose that X and Y are independent. Find the probability distribution of W = X+Y.
3. Let X be normal random variable and Y be a Chi-square random variable with df degrees of freedom then the ratio follows (note that this is the reason we use a common test when We don't know for certain the true value of the variance): a) A x?distribution b) A normal distribution c) An F distribution d) At distribution.
Let N be a binomial random variable with n = 2 trials and success probability p = 0.5. Let X and Y be uniform random variables on [0, 1] and that X, Y, N are mutually independent. Find the probability density function for Z = NXY.