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Stats 2 week 3 important questions

Week 3 of Statistics for Data Science II: Expectation, variance, covariance, correlation. Extra important questions based on the recent, changing patterns of the exams, from basic to advanced. Practise them in learning mode: each question has a worked solution.

Question 1

Numerical answer

The pmf of a random variable XX is

x0123P(X=x)0.30.40.10.2\begin{array}{c|cccc} x & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 \\ \hline P(X=x) & 0.3 & 0.4 & 0.1 & 0.2 \end{array}

Find E(X)E(X).

Question 2

One correct option

The pmf of a random variable XX is

x1234P(X=x)0.40.30.10.2\begin{array}{c|cccc} x & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\ \hline P(X=x) & 0.4 & 0.3 & 0.1 & 0.2 \end{array}

Find E(X)E(X).

  1. A

    1.61.6

  2. B

    2.62.6

  3. C

    4.24.2

  4. D

    2.12.1

Question 3

Numerical answer

The pmf of a random variable XX is

x−1012P(X=x)0.40.20.20.2\begin{array}{c|cccc} x & -1 & 0 & 1 & 2 \\ \hline P(X=x) & 0.4 & 0.2 & 0.2 & 0.2 \end{array}

Find E(X2)E(X^2).

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