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Short Notes I used to get an 84% in my probability and statistics exam

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These are short notes for probability and statistics II. They condense the material for easy revision before exams. I got an 84% using them.

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, Moment To calculate the raw
Revision notes
Generating Function

g() variable Tallows us moments of a distribution from
Hy
= g(x)fx Standardising generate
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the
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Elg(1] to
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then
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=


variance = My(t) ECCEX
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transformation mean
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calculating
about
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of variables X
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Note change end points forcummations
when Myt =


we then take the
and set
doing substitutions exponential to t
x)* e(t x)xdx with respect
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=




to make caculations
distributions
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-
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da
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easier. Example changethe
look of the equation .




useful function gamma function
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= =
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= exp(tX + d

zu
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Mate() x
exp)
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E[XIT -

(c)
Raw moment -




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(m)
a(X ++
0)"
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Central momet E[(X-M)"]
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variance
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moments
Central moments can
be represented by raw



=
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M(x) (m! (x))
M(x)
-

=


2
Coefficient of skewness ↳
+
= E Mice
on exp(M) exp( ·




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+
+ + 5) . exp(X
2 =
X ,
+ Xz + --
-
Xa t
1 + 6 %.
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+
2+




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the limit
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the binomial

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Bin (n p
=
p(n))
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lim up
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limpc-p-k =


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variables
Mqfs and sums of random
Y
if 2 = X +




Mx(t) My(t) -




Mz(t) =




Mz(t) = Eletz]
+ (x
y)]
+
=
E[e
ECetX] ECCEYY
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=




=
My()
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My(t)



Distribution of the maximum and minimum
Maximum

P (max <X , .
.
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,
Xn][y)
P (for all i ,
Xi =
y)
=
P(X ,
EynXz(yn
- ..
nYnzy)
independence
=
PX < y .
. . .
.
-
PCXnEy)
Excel a

=ExyFx(y)--
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Minimum

P(min (x ....
Xn) >
y)

= P (all j ,
Xi <
y)
= P(X )y1 , - . .
nXn]y)
Pay at
= PCX
1 ( Fx())"
Xn)(y)
-
-
=
P(min(x. ...

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