Questions tagged [random-variables]

Questions about maps from a probability space to a measure space which are measurable.

A random variable $X: \Omega \to E$ is a measurable function from a set of possible outcomes $\Omega$ to a measurable space $E$. The technical axiomatic definition requires $\Omega$ to be a sample space of a probability triple. Usually $X$ is real-valued.

The probability that $X$ takes on a value in a measurable set $S \subseteq E$ is written as :

$$P(X \in S) = P(\{ \omega \in \Omega|X(\omega) \in S\})$$

where $P$ is the probability measure equipped with $\Omega$.

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Maximum of tight/stochastically-bounded sequence

Suppose that we have a a tight/stochastically-bounded sequence $\{X_n\}_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$ (tightness results from zero expectation and uniformly bounded variance). Is it possible to derive that $$Y_n=\max_{i=1,\ldots n}X_i$$ is…
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If $Y=g[X]$, why is $E[Y]$ not $g[E[X]]$?

I cannot seem to grasp why we usually have to factor in $var[X]$ to determine $E[Y]$ when $Y$ is some function of an independent random variable $X$, if we wish to calculate the mean value of $Y$ surely it must be $Y$ at the mean value of $X$ if $Y$…
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Properties of conditional expectation of a $\sigma-$algebra

I'm trying to make sense of conditional expectation of a $\sigma-$algebra, beginning with the finite case. Let $X$ be a random variable on the probability space $(\Omega, \mathcal{F}, \mathbb{P})$. The conditional expectation of $X$ for some event…
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How to describe uniform random variable with uniform random parameter?

To preface, I know some basic calculus but not a lot about random variables. But I'm curious about the situation where $X$ is $ U(0,1)$ and $Y$ is $U(0,X)$. Is it possible to get the distribution or expected value of Y, and if so, is there a way to…
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Random variable vs Symbolic Variable

I've just started statistics (rather late) as the part of my course, I have done a little bit of logic where notion of variable is well defined. Typically a 'variable' is treated just as a symbol usually one for which we look at different 'values'…
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Prove That PDF is ≥ 0 for all real numbers

I am taking my first stats course and struggling quite a bit as my professor does not explain things well. I wanted to double check that I am on the right track. My question is: Show that $f(x)≥0$ for all $x ∈ R$ , where $x$ is the exponential…
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Finding a joint p.m.f given Z = -Y + 1 and Y ∼ Bernoulli(p)

Suppose that Y and Z are random variables with Y ∼ Bernoulli(p) and Z = −Y + 1. Find the joint probability mass function P(Y = y, Z = z) for y = 0, 1 and z = 0, 1 I see that when Y = 0, Z = 1 and when Y = 1, Z = 0 but I don't know where to go from…
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If X and Y are random variables and Y = aX + b, find a and b given Y∼ Bernoulli(1/2)

I'm confused on how you approach these types of questions. I never know what to start with when I have 2 random variables that are related. Suppose that X is a random variable which takes only two values −2 and +2, and that Y = aX + b where a and b…
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Is the square of the product of two independent random variables equal to the product of their squares?

Is the square of the product of two independent random variables equal to the product of their squares? For example: if W = XY, is W^2 = (XY)^2 = (X^2)(Y^2)?
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What really is support of a random variable?

We do not really know the true distribution of random variable. We only know the samples from true distribution and hence know the sample distribution. In that case, what is the support of random variable? If it is all possible values that a random…
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What is the value "a" here, and what does it represent?

Here is a couple of paragraphs about Regression Lines and Linear Equations in graphs. It concludes with A line that “best fits” the data can then be drawn through the scatter diagram. This line is called the regression line, and it can be used to…
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Skewness of sum of independent and identical distributed random variables

What is the Skewness of the sum of Independent and Identically distributed RVs Z = sum(X), given that the moments of X can be obtained?
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Given a Mixed Random Variable How do you find the CDF?

I'm working through some homework problems in Hajeck. I'm trying to understand how to find the CDF given a random variable description. The problem is here: (Hajek 1.14) CDF and characteristic function of a mixed type random variable Let $X = (U -…
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Almost Sure Convergence of a Random Variable

I'm having trouble understanding almost sure convergence of random variables. The definition given on wikipedia is that a sequence $\{X_n\}$ of random variables defined on a probablity space $\left(\Omega,\Sigma,P\right)$, almost surely converges…
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Bijectivity of Random Variables

Is every random variable bijective? Without getting too much into the measure theory behind this, my understanding is that a random variable maps from a sample space $\Omega$ to $\mathbb{R}$ (the random variable $X$ is defined as a function $X:…
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