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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Random variable and its support

Q: Cells live for a random but finite amount of time and when they die they leave behind k offspring with probability pk for k=0,1,2. Initially there is one cancer cell in a petri dish. After one hour a scientist counts the number of cancer cells in…
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Counterexample that violates monotonicity for $\rho(X)=\sigma[X]-E[X]$

Can anybody think of an example of X and Y that violates the monotonicity condition for $\rho(X)=\sigma[X]-E[X]$? That is, I want to find a pair of rv's $X$, $Y$ such that $X\leq Y$ (the random variable stochastically dominates the random variable…
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If two standard normal distributions X,Y has correlation 1, are they the same random variable?

Maybe I am silly. Are these two random variables the same? Would there be any situation that they are not?
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variance of two independent random variable

$X$ is normal with $E[X]=-1, Var(X)=4$, $Y$ is esponential with $E[Y]=1$, they are independent, if $T=pXY+q$ with $p, q \in R$, what is $Var(T)$, I get $E[T]=q-p$ and $Var(T)=p^2(E[X^2]E[Y^2]-(E[X])^2(E[Y])^2)=$?
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probability of summation of 4 random variables

i have this question here; Let X1, X2, X3, X4 be random variables that are all independent of each other and have the same distribution, namely, P(X1 = 1) = 0.2, P(X1 = 0) = 0.8, and identically so for X2, X3, X4. Calculate the probability that…
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Independent random variables $X$ and $Y$ are such that $E(X^2)=4$, $E(Y^2)=20$, $\text{Var}(X)=10$, $\operatorname{Var}(Y)=11$. Find $E(3X-2Y)$.

I know how to find the expected value $E(X)$ of a random variables but I don't know how the $E(X^2)$ is related to $E(X^2)$ when the $X$ variables are not given. Let's say if $X=x$ where $x=1,2,3,4$. Then I could be able to deduce both $E(X)$ and…
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Using Markov's inequality to show that probability converges

Let $(X_n)_{n \geq 2}$ be a sequence of independent random variables such that $X_n = n $ with probability $\frac{1}{2n \log(n)}$ $X_n = -n$ with probability $\frac{1}{2n \log(n)}$ $X_n = 0$ with probability $1-\frac{1}{n \log(n)}$ Let S := $X_2 +…
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Almost sure Convergence of $\lim(\prod_{i=1}^{n} X_i)^{1/n}$

Let $(X_n)_{n \geq 1} $ be a sequence of iid random variables uniformly distributed on the interval [1, 2]. I want to show that it exists a real number $c$ s.t. $ \lim_{n \to \infty} \left(\prod_{i=1}^{n} X_i \right)^{1/n} = c $ almost surely. To do…
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Calculate the marginal

I want to calculate the marginal $f_X(x)$ of $f_{X, Y}(x, y) = 2 e^{-(x+y)} \mathbb 1_A (x,y)$ where $A = \{(x, y): 0 \leq y \leq x \}$. It is clear that I have to integrate $f_{X, Y}$, but how do I handle this "$\mathbb 1_A (x, y)$" at the…
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Finding the value of a variable given a equation

The equation $$\frac{24x^2+25x-47}{ax-2} = -8x-3-\frac{53}{ax-2} $$ is true for all values of $$ x \neq \frac{2}{a} $$ where a is a constant. What is the value of a? Please someone help me solve this question? This is a question from the RD Sharma…
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If a random variable X takes negative numbers, do you still use the same formula to find the expected value and variance?

I'm revising probability questions after taking a break from that area for several years. I've put together a simplified version of my question and attached the probabilities as a table if that is easier to read. My question is, if you're given a…
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how to write the joint density fuction of two variables that obey lognormal distribution

Suppose $U_t$ is a random variable subject to $\operatorname{Lognormal}(x_1, z_1^2)$ distribution. $V_t$ is a random variable subject to $\operatorname{Lognormal}(x_2,z_2^2)$ distribution. Suppose their correlation coefficient is $p$. How to compute…
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Uniqueness of n and p in a discrete binomial distribution

For a discrete random variable with binomial distribution, if $E(X)=9.6$ and $\text{Var}(X)=1.92$, will $n$ and $p$ have the unique values of $12$ and $.8$ or are other pairs of values possible?
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Method of moments estimator of $\lambda$ for $f(x|\lambda)=\lambda e^{-\lambda(x-1)}$

I’m trying to understand what the method of moments is, exactly. I haven’t seen a perfectly clear (to me) statement of this, so here’s my current belief about what it is: You want to estimate some parameter as some formula using the $r$th central…
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Joint PMF and Covariance of two dice rolls

Two fair dice are cast. Let X denote the sum of the values that turn up and let Y denote the absolute value of their difference. I'm having trouble coming up with the joint pmf of X and Y. Any advice on how to visualize the problem?
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