Homework 3
due in class, Thursday October 17
From the text, problems 3.39, 3.45 (just find P(X=0) and P(X=1)),
3.66, 3.67, 3.70, 4.29, 4.139, and: If X_i ~ Bin(n_i, p) for i=1, ...,
k, and the X_i's are mutually independent, find the distribution of Y
= X_1 + X_2 + ... + X_k.
Here are the problems written out, in case you don't have the text:
- 3.39: Let X_1, X_2, and X_3 be independent RV's, each with pdf
f(x) = e^(-x), 0 < x < infinity, zero elsewhere. Find the
distribution of Y = minimum(X_1, X_2, X_3).
Hint: Pr(Y <= y) = 1 - Pr(Y > y) = 1 - Pr(X_i > y, i = 1,2,3)
- 3.45: Let X have a Poisson distribution with parameter m.
If m is an experimental value of a random variable
having a gamma distribution with alpha = 2 and
beta = 1, compute P(X=0) and P(X=1).
- 3.66: Let the random variable X be N(mu, sigma^2). What would this
distribution be if sigma^2 = 0?
Hint: Look at the mgf of X for sigma^2 > 0 and
investigate its limit as sigma^2 -> 0.
- 3.67: Let phi(x) and PHI(x) be the pdf and cdf of a standard
normal distribution. Let Y have a truncated
distribution with pdf g(y) = phi(y)/[PHI(b) - PHI(a)], a < y <
b, zero elsewhere. Show that E[Y] = [phi(a) - phi(b)]/[PHI(b)
- PHI(a)].
- 3.70: Let X and Y have a bivariate normal distribution with
respective parameters mu_X = 2.8, mu_Y = 110, sigma^2_X = 0.16,
sigma^2_Y = 100, and rho = 0.6. Compute:
(a) Pr(106 < Y < 124)
(b) Pr(106 < Y < 124 | X = 3.2)
- 4.29: Let X_1 and X_2 be two independent normal RV's, each with
mean zero and variance one (possibly resulting from a
Box-Muller transformation). Show that:
Z_1 = mu_1 + sigma_1 * X_1
Z_2 = mu_2 + rho * sigma_2 * X_1 + sigma_2 * sqrt(1 - rho^2)
* X_2
where sigma_1 > 0, sigma_2 > 0, and 0 < rho < 1, have a
bivariate normal distribution with respective parameters mu_1,
mu_2, sigma_1^2, sigma_2^2, and rho.
- 4.139: Find the probability that the range of a random sample of
size 3 from the uniform distribution over the interval (-5, 5)
is less than 7.
- If X_i ~ Bin(n_i, p) for i=1, 2, ..., k, and the X_i's are
mutually independent, find the distribution of Y = sum_{i=1}^k X_i.