Expectation, Variance, and Moments

Géza Schay
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Géza Schay: University of Massachusetts Boston College of Science and Mathematics

Chapter 6 in Introduction to Probability with Statistical Applications, 2016, pp 173-227 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Just as probabilities are idealized relative frequencies, so are expected values analogous idealizations of averages of random variables. Before presenting the formal definition, let us consider an example.

Keywords: Conditional Expectation; Moment Generate Function; Geometric Series; Dependent Random Variable; Bernoulli Random Variable (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-30620-9_6

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