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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How to use composition to generate random variates?

I want to know how to use composition to generate random variates whose cdf and pdf are as follows. CDF and PDF of the aimed distribution
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Variance of random variables

Dear friends I am Bernardo I am trying to derive the variance of an estimator, but I need help in some concepts. I will relate to a very simple way: suppose that we have three random variables: $X, Y, Z$ 2 cases: case 1: $X,Y$ dependents and $Z$…
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MI between vectors

There exist a relationship between MI and entropy of two random variables i-e $$ I(X;Y)=H(Y)-H(Y|X).$$ But what if $ \overrightarrow X \: \in \mathbb {\{0,1\}}^2$ and $ \overrightarrow Y \: \in \mathbb R^{+ \: 3}$ be the random vectors. How to…
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Expected value of exponential random variable

If an exponential random variable, X, has failure rate λ, what is E[X|X<λ]? I'm not sure how to start here. I know that E[X] = 1 / λ for an exponential random variable. Is the probability that X < λ = 1-e^(-λ*λ)? Can I use this identity E[X] =…
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Would it be safe to say that a random variable X is identially zero when its first and second moments are both zero?

Would it be safe to say that a random variable $X$ is identially zero when its first and second moments are both zero? If it is true, how would you prove this? This step is needed when we prove that the correlation coefficient of $X$ and $Y$ is $\pm…
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Determine E(X) of X Where X Is Number Of Days Beer Is Drank On The Same Day?

Lindsay and Simon have discovered a new pub that has n different beers B1, B2, . . . , Bn, where n ≥ 1 is an integer. They want to try all different beers in this pub and agree on the following approach: During a period of n days, they visit the pub…
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Determine E(X) of X with these conditions?

Let $n \geq 1$ be an integer and consider a uniformly random permutation $a_1, a_2, ... , a_n$ of the set $\{1, 2, . . . , n\}$. Define the random variable X to be the number of indices $i$ for which $1 \leq i < n$ and $a_i < a_{i+1}$. Determine the…
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If r.v $X$ is independent of a vector of r.vs, will $X$ be independent of any linear combination?

Let $X$ be a random variable, and $\mathbf{Y}=$ be a vector of random variables. If $X$ is independent of $Y_i \forall i=1,2,3,...,n $, will this $X$ be independent of any linear combination of $\mathbf{Y}?$ that is, $X \perp C^T…
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Convergence of ratio of linear combination of iid random variables to their sum

Suppose $x_1,x_2,...x_n$ are i.i.d. normal random variables, $a_1,a_2,...a_n$ are some positive constants. Could we have following equation $$\sum_{i=1}^n\frac{a_ix_i^2}{\sum_{i=1}^n x_i^2}=O_p(\frac{\sum^n_{i=1}a_i}{n})?$$ How to get this?
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Find the expectation of a function that contains absolute value of Gaussian variables?

Given $x \sim \mathcal{N}(x|0;1)$ and $y \sim \mathcal{N}(y|1;1)$,$x,y$ are two independent variables. How to find the expectation $\int \int (1+|x-y| )e^{-|x-y|}\mathcal{N}(x|0;1)\mathcal{N}(y|1;1) dx dy$. In other words, how to find the …
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What is the mode of $Z=\sqrt{X-Y}+4$? Given $X$ and $Y$.

Given that $$\begin{array}{c|lcr} \text{X} & 2 & 6 \\ \hline \text{p} & 0.3 & 0.7 \\ \end{array}$$ and $$\begin{array}{c|lcr} \text{Y} & 1 & 2 \\ \hline \text{p} & 0.1 & 0.9 \\ \end{array}$$ What is the mode of $Z=\sqrt{X-Y}+4$? So far I…
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How many calls during a day? Number of exponential random variables during a fixed duration

I am trying to think about the summed duration of waiting times of i.i.d random variables with exponentially distributed wiating times, and particularly my question is how many such variables will yield a total duration equal to some number of…
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Density function for RV

The density function for a random variable X is given in terms of a constant $c$. Find the value of $c$. What is the corresponding distribution function? Sketch both the density and the distribution functions. Finally, find the probabilities. 5.1…
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calculation of variance from cdf (no mathematical expression available)

Is it possible to calculate the variance of a continous random variable from the Cummulative distributive function plot ? We dont have the mathematical expression for cdf, all we have is just a plot of cdf on a graph sheet.
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Convergence rate of the moment of truncated random variable

Given a nonnegative random variable $X$, can we prove $\dfrac{\mathbb{E}(X\mathbf{1}_{\{X\leq n\}})}{n}\to0$ as $n\to\infty$ or not?
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