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1. DISTRIBUTION THEORY<br />

1.6 Moments <strong>of</strong> transformed RVS<br />

Suppose X is a RV and let Y = h(X).<br />

If we want to find E(Y ) , we can proceed as follows:<br />

1. Find the distribution <strong>of</strong> Y = h(X) using preceeding methods.<br />

⎧∑<br />

yp(y) Y discrete<br />

⎪⎨ y<br />

2. Find E(Y ) =<br />

⎪⎩<br />

Theorem. 1.6.1<br />

∫ ∞<br />

−∞<br />

yf(y) dy Y continuous<br />

(forget X ever existed!)<br />

If X is a RV <strong>of</strong> either discrete or continuous type and h(x) is any transformation (not<br />

necessarily monotonic), then E{h(X)} (provided it exists) is given by:<br />

⎧∑<br />

h(x) p(x) X discrete<br />

⎪⎨ x<br />

E{h(X)} =<br />

⎪⎩<br />

Pro<strong>of</strong>.<br />

∫ ∞<br />

−∞<br />

h(x)f(x) dx X continuous<br />

Not examinable.<br />

Examples:<br />

1. CDF transformation<br />

Suppose U ∼ U(0, 1). How can we transform U to get an Exp(λ) RV<br />

Solution. Take X = F −1 (U), where F is the Exp(λ) CDF. Recall F (x) =<br />

1 − e −λx for the Exp(λ) distribution.<br />

To find F −1 (u), we solve for x in F (x) = u,<br />

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