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Let X be a continuous random variable denoting the temperature measured. The range of temperature is [0, 100] degree Celsius and let the probability density function of X be f(x) = 0.01 for 0 ≤ X ≤ 100.

The mean of X is ______

The correct answer is

50.0

For a uniform distribution on [0, 100], \(E[X]=(0+100)/2=50.0\) °C.

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Important Questions from Continuous Distributions

  1. Find the value of λ such that the function f (x) is a valid probability density function. _______

    \(f\left( x \right)\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} { = \lambda \left( {x - 1} \right)\left( {2 - x} \right)}&{for1 \le x \le 2}\\ { = 0}&{otherwise} \end{array}\)

  2. Suppose that X is a continuous random variable with probability density function given by:

    f(x) = \(\left\{ {\begin{array}{c} {\frac{x}{8},}&{x \in \left[ {0,2} \right)}\\ {\frac{1}{4},}&{x \in \left[ {2,4} \right)}\\ { - \frac{x}{8} + \frac{3}{4},}&{x \in \left[ {4,6} \right)} \end{array}}\right.\)

    Find the mean of X.

  3. Suppose X is a continuous random variable with probability density function

    \(f(x)=\frac{1}{\pi} \frac{1}{1+(x+1)^2}\), -∞ < x < ∞.

    Define

    \(Y=\left\{\begin{array}{cc} \frac{X}{|X|}, & \text { if } X \neq 0 \\ 0, & \text { if } X=0 \end{array}\right.\)

    Then which of the following statements are true? 

  4. Let X1, X2, ..., Xn be a random sample from an absolutely continuous distribution with the probability density function

    \(f(x \mid \theta)=\left\{\begin{array}{cl} e^{\theta-x}, & \text { if } x \geq \theta \\ 0, & \text { if } x<\theta \end{array},\right.\)

    where θ ∈ ℝ is unknown. Define \(\bar{X}=\frac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^n X_i\) and X(1) = min{X1, ..., Xn}. Then

    which of the following statements are true?

  5. Suppose a random variable $Z$ follows $Normal(\mu = 0, \sigma^2 = 1)$ distribution with probability density function $g(z)$ and cumulative distribution function $G(z)$.
    Another random variable $Y$ follows $t_1$ distribution with probability density function $h(y)$ and cumulative distribution function $H(y)$. Let $c$ be the positive real number for which $g(c) = h(c)$.

    Which of the following statements is/are correct?
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