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Applied Statistics Using SPSS, STATISTICA, MATLAB and R

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B.2 Continuous Distributions 449<br />

Properties:<br />

2<br />

1. χ df ( x) = γ df / 2,<br />

2 ( x)<br />

; in particular, df = 2 yields the exponential<br />

distribution with λ = ½.<br />

2.<br />

3.<br />

4.<br />

5.<br />

6.<br />

Example B. 14<br />

n 2<br />

= ∑ X independent<br />

~<br />

i 1 i X<br />

n0,<br />

1 ⇒ X<br />

= i<br />

X , ~ χ n<br />

n<br />

i=<br />

1<br />

2<br />

X = ∑ ( X i − x)<br />

, X i independent<br />

~ n0,<br />

1 ⇒ X ~ χ n−<br />

X<br />

1<br />

=<br />

2<br />

σ<br />

n<br />

∑ ( X<br />

i=<br />

1 i<br />

2<br />

− µ ) , X i independent<br />

~ nµ<br />

, σ ⇒ X ~ χ<br />

X<br />

1<br />

=<br />

2<br />

σ<br />

n<br />

∑ ( X<br />

i=<br />

1 i<br />

2<br />

− x)<br />

, X i independent<br />

~ nµ<br />

, σ ⇒<br />

2<br />

X ~ χ n<br />

X ~<br />

2<br />

df<br />

2<br />

, Y ~ χ df ⇒<br />

2<br />

X + Y ~ χ df + df<br />

χ<br />

1<br />

2<br />

1<br />

(convolution of two χ<br />

2<br />

2<br />

results in a χ 2 ).<br />

Q: The electric current passing through a 10 Ω resistance shows r<strong>and</strong>om<br />

fluctuations around its nominal value that can be well modelled by n0,σ with<br />

σ = 0.1 Ampere. What is the probability that the heat power generated in the<br />

resistance deviates more than 0.1 Watt from its nominal value?<br />

A: The heat power is p = 10 i 2 , where i is the current passing through the 10 Ω<br />

resistance. Therefore:<br />

2<br />

P ( p > 0.<br />

1)<br />

= P(<br />

10 i > 0.<br />

1)<br />

= P(<br />

100 i > 1)<br />

.<br />

But: i ~ n0<br />

, 0.<br />

1 ⇒<br />

1 2 2 2<br />

i = 100i<br />

~ χ<br />

2<br />

1 .<br />

σ<br />

2<br />

Hence: P( p > 0.<br />

1)<br />

= P(<br />

χ > 1)<br />

= 0.317.<br />

B.2.8 Student’s t Distribution<br />

1<br />

2<br />

Description:<br />

the mean deviations over the sample st<strong>and</strong>ard deviation. It was derived by the<br />

20 th The Student’s t distribution is the distribution followed by the ratio of<br />

English brewery chemist W.S. Gosset (pen-name “Student”) at the beginning of the<br />

century.<br />

Sample space: ℜ .<br />

Density function:<br />

t<br />

df<br />

2<br />

Γ((<br />

df + 1)<br />

/ 2)<br />

⎛ ⎞<br />

( )<br />

⎜<br />

x<br />

x =<br />

1+<br />

⎟<br />

dfπ<br />

Γ(<br />

df / 2)<br />

⎜ ⎟<br />

⎝ df ⎠<br />

−(<br />

df + 1)<br />

/ 2<br />

2<br />

2 1<br />

2<br />

n<br />

−1<br />

, with df degrees of freedom. B. 28

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