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I have taken 5 samples and found that my average concentration is 5 mg, with a range of .003 mg in either direction. I would like to calculate the variance with only this information.
Is this possible? I am used to calculating the variance from the standard deviation, but I don't...
please help me! the variance of the score function in exponential distribution
Homework Statement
My question is about exponential function, with its density function known as
f(x;theta) = (1/theta) e^(-x/theta) for all x>0.
where E(x) = theta, var(x) = theta^2
My question is, what...
please help me! the variance of the score function??
I have been stuck with this one particular question over this weekend, and
unluckily I could not figure it out by myself. If you can help me a bit with this problem,
I will really really appreciate it.
My question is about an exponential...
Hello everyone,
I'm new to this forum and I'm glad to have found such a high quality resource where we can have such valuable guidance and discussions.
I've read somewhere that the variance of [tex]p(x) = {\frac{1}{n}}\sum_{i=1}^{n}\delta(x-x_i) \forall x \in \Re[\tex],
in which [tex]D_n =...
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I have found the marginal distribution for X and Y from a table. (No statistical regression, just simple table)
How should I proceed in finding mean, variance an correlation coefficient of X and y? I am computing by hand.
Thank you,
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The...
Homework Statement
Prove that the sample variance of a sample is given by
S2 = \frac{\sum^{n}_{j=1}x_j^2 - \frac{1}{n} (\sum^{n}_{j=1}x_j)^2}{n-1}
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N/A
The Attempt at a Solution
For my purposes it is sufficient to show that:
\sum^{n}_{j=1}(x_j -x_j^2) =...
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The number of hours spent in a library per week by arts and science students in a college is normally distributed with mean 12 hours and standard deviation 5 hours for arts students and mean 15 hours and standard deviation 4 hours for science students. A random sample of...
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Show how Var(Xi) depends on p writing it as a function \sigma^2(p) The Attempt at a Solution
Var[Xi] = E[Xi^2] - E^2[Xi] = p-p^2 = p(1-p)
not sure where to go from here to get it in the form \sigma^2(p) ?
Please try this question and see whether you got my answer...i am having some doubt
The random variable X is normally distributed with mean V and variance C^2. It is known that P(x>102)=0.42 and P(x<97)=0.25
calculate V(mean) and variance c^2
i got mean 100.8 and variance(-5.7)^2
This is a problem from my A levels Stats2 book. I understood the problem but one of my answers doesn't seem to be correct according to the book so I thought I better be sure!
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A piece of laminated plywood consists of 3 pieces of wood of type A and 2 pieces of type B. The...
in the exponential distribution we know that
μ = 1/λ and σ = 1/λ^2
also f(x) = λ*e^-λχ
how can i find the mean (μ) using integrals?
generally what we do is this
we integrate from a point to another the x*f(x) (EX)
And the variance is EX^2-(EX)^2
but here we have no points...
forgive for my ignorance, but i have a practical problem that i don't know how to approach:
X\sim\mathcal{N}(\mu,\sigma^2)
where \mu\sim\mathcal{N}(\mu_{\mu},\sigma_{\mu}^2)
and \sigma\sim\mathcal{N}(\mu_{\sigma},\sigma_{\sigma}^2)
what is the resulting distribution of X, in terms of...
Hi everyone. The problem I have to face is to perform a taylor series expansion of the integral
\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\frac{e^{-\sum_{i}\frac{x_{i}^{2}}{2\epsilon}}}{\sqrt{2\pi\epsilon}^{N}}\cdot e^{f(\{x\})}dx_{i}\ldots dx_{N}
with respect to variance \epsilon. I find some difficulties...
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When performing parametric statistical tests (especially t tests and ANOVA), why is the homogenity of variance important ?
I mean why do these tests care if the samples have significantly different variance ? Is it because the methods used to determine the test statistics require...
Ok, so here's a question. The energy of say photons is frame-dependent. Photons are blue-shifted or red-shifted depending on my velocity towards or away from the source. However, what happens when I apply this to pair-production? For example, if my photons are energetic enough, they may create a...
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In Schaum's outline it claims that the sample variance of s^2 is a biased estimate of the population variance because its mean is given by:
\mu_{s^{2}} = \frac{N-1}{N}\sigma^{2}
which I am cool with. It then says that the modified variance given by:
\hat{s} =...
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8. Suppose that X and Y are independent continuous random variables, and each is uniformly distributed on the interval [0,1] (thus the pdfs for X and Y are zero outside of this interval and equal to one on [0,1]).
(a) Find the mean and variance for X+Y.
(b) Calculate...
Very sorry that I've double posted but I realized i placed the original post in Precalculus.
1. Homework Statement
Question
Let X and Y be independent random variables with variances 9 and 7 respectively and let
Z = X - Y
a) What is the value of Cov(X,Z)
b) What is the value of...
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Let X1...XN be independent and identically distributed random variables, N is a non-negative integer valued random variable. Let Z = X1 + ... + XN (assume when N=0 Z=0).
1. Find E(Z)
2. Show var(Z) = var(N)E(X1)2 + E(N)var(X1)
Homework Equations
E(Z) = EX (E(X|Z))...
I posted this once already without seeing the rule that HW questions must go here--sorry :redface:
So, the problem: I'm really lost on where to get started here. It's a two state system, one with energy 0 and the other with energy ε. I already have ensemble average, <E>, found to be:
ε / (e^βε...
I'm really lost on where to get started here. It's a two state system, one with energy 0 and the other with energy ε. I already have ensemble average, <E>, found to be:
ε / (e^βε + 1) , where β is thermodynamic beta, 1/KbT.
How do I convert this to an expression for the variance of the...
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/6060/98259799.jpg
I have done part one and found that the bias is \frac{\theta}{n}
then i don't know how to proceed.
in my notes, have the following result,
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/9699/resultc.jpg
i am thinking, this time i have to...
Suppose the population variance \theta is to be estimated from observations Y_1, Y_2, \dots, Y_n using
\hat{\theta} = \left(\frac 1 n \sum_{i=1}^n (Y_i - \overline Y)^2\right)
where \bar{Y} is the mean.
when it didnt say which distribution Y_is are?
thanks
I'm looking for a way to compare experimental and theoretical data and determining if it obeys a certain law.
In particular, I'm writing a computer program that does this and at the moment what I'm doing is, I'm calculating the ratio of each reading with the theoretical result and calculating...
having a little trouble with the question below. its on a sample exam paper I'm doing. any help would be appreciated
155 hospital patients completed a questionnaire about their hospital stay. We examine the variables
Satisfaction and Stay (length of stay). Stay is measured in days and...
Homework Statement
You are flipping a fair coin n times. Let X be the number of times you get a head followed by a tail (HT) and Y is the number of times you get tail and then a head (TH).
Find Var(X) and Var(Y).
Homework Equations
Cov(X,X) = Var(X)
The Attempt at a Solution
My...
Okie, I am confused. What is the difference between Variance of Sampling Distribution VS Sample Variance?
Let me take a shot first...
1.) Sample Variance is just the variance of the sample, like u have 5 objects from a pool of 1000 objects... the sample variance is just the variance of the...
Hi,
I know that the expectation E(Sn) for a one-dimensional simple random walk is zero. But what about the variance?
I read in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_walk#One-dimensional_random_walk" that the variance should be E(Sn2) = n.
Why is that? Can anyone prove it?
Thank you...
(Note: I'm not sure about international notations or terms, but I hope everything is comprehensible)
Next Monday I will pass my exam in theoretical physics about thermodynamics.
However, there's still one thing that I couldn't find explicitly described in my lecture notes or any additional...
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My name is Sumet. I am studying in network traffic field. My background in statistic is not so strong; however, I have to calculate weighted sum of variables in order to determine variance and coefficient of variation (CV) of measured values. Please see the following...
Im working on a lab for my Civil Engineering Materials class and its asking for the "between batch variation" (SBB^2) for different cylinders of Portland cement concrete. Its not written anywhere on the lab sheet. And I've looked in my book, notes, and Google. I am getting nothing here :/
Hi there, this is caco, I´m a new user from planet Earth.
I´m studying Information Theory and lately It seems that I live in a fractal ocean of gaussian distributions...
I do know that zero variance processes relate to Dirac´s delta distribution, my favourite mathematical artifact ever...
i calculated the variance of a few measurements and i got the value of 3.65
i know the variance tells us the degree of dispersion from them ean value, and i came up with 3.65, what does this number say about the data?
Hi, I'm trying to work out the variance of the gamma(I'm up the the part where you multiply x^2 by the function), but i don't know how to work out what
\gamma(\alpha + 2) equals to
i know I am supposed to use the fact that \gamma(\alpha + 1) = \alpha \gamma(\alpha)
but i don't...
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On page 5 of http://arcsecond.wordpress.com/2009/08/01/the-cauchy-schwarz-inequality-and-heisenbergs-uncertainty-principle/ the author states (w/o proof) that if \psi is an eigenvector (say with eigenvalue \lambda) of an Hermitian operator A (I don't think the Hermitian-ness...
Hi! Can someone help me prove that the variance for the inverse gamma is:
\frac{\beta^2}{(\alpha - 1)^2 (\alpha -2)}
I started with:
E(x) = \int_0^\infty x \frac{\beta^{\alpha}}{\gamma(\alpha)}(\frac{1}{x})^{\alpha + 1} exp (\frac{-\beta}{x}) dx
then i let y = \frac{\beta}{x}; dy =...
This seems like a simple problem but I cannot find an answer. Imagine I have 2 bags of samples with estimated means \hat{x} and \hat{y} and estimated variances \hat{\sigma_x} and \hat{\sigma_y}. The bags contain n and m samples respectivelly. Now assume I mix all the samples in a single...
The length of time, in minutes, for an airplane to obtain clearance for takeoff is a random variable Y = 4X + 2, where X has the density function:
f(x) = 1/3 e^(-x/3) for x > 0
Find the variance of Y.
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I found the expected value of X to be 14 minutes, which was correct. This...
Hi,
My question is related to this web page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimator_bias
In the Examples section, note the equation for the expected value of sample variance.
{E}(S^2)=\frac{n-1}{n} \sigma^2
Could anybody please show me the steps to go from the sample variance...
coefficient of variance ?
ok i know that coefficient of variance is calculated using the equation
CV=(standard deviation /mean value)*100...
here is my problem ..Two TV manufacturing companies have provided the mean values and SD of the life time of their TVs .after calculating for one...
There is an unexplained mystery as to why atmosphere CO2 levels varies long term (geologically) and short term (glacial/interglacial cycle.)
Contrary to what is repeated in many blogs the glacial/interglacial cycle changes of about 90ppm to 100 ppm is not due to colder oceans being able to hold...
Just a quick question.
If you want any value to follow a particular probability distribution function (pdf), do you have to multiply that value by the variance of the desired pdf ?
Hi,
I'm trying to prove to myself that the formulation of sample variance as s^2=\frac{1}{n-1}\sum_{i=1}^{n}(y_i - \mu_y)^2 is an unbiased estimator of the population variance \sigma^2. Of course, I proceed by checking the expected value of the sample variance, which flows smoothly until I...
In the textbook it says this:
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1896/imgcxv.jpg
Where does this hocus pokus 'it turns out that dividing by n-2 rather than n appropriately compensates for this' come from?
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Suppose that, on average, 70% of graduating students want 2 guest tickets for a graduation ceremony, 20% want 1 guest ticket and the remaining10% don't want any guest tickets.
(a) Let X be the number of tickets required by a randomly chosen student. Find the mean and...
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Consider a particle in the harmonic potential V(x)= \frac{m\omega^2 x^2}{2} . Its lowest energy eigenvalue is E_0=\hbar \omega/2 and the eigenfunction associated with this energy, ie the ground-state wave function, is
\phi_0(x) = \left(\frac{m\omega}{\pi...
Studying for an intro course test and I have no one to compare it to right now.. any help would be appreciated.
Here is the question.
Q. Suppose X and Y are random variables such that p(X,Y)=1/3, Var(X) = 9 and Var(Y) = 1. Compute Var(X-2Y).
Since X and Y are not independent, we are...