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Stat 5101 Lecture Notes - School of Statistics

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3.5. CONDITIONAL EXPECTATION AND PREDICTION 109(b) What is the marginal density <strong>of</strong> Y ?3-8. Suppose X and Z are independent random variables and E(Z) = 0. DefineY = X + X 2 + Z.(a)(b)(c)(d)Find E(Y | X).Find var(Y | X).What function <strong>of</strong> X is the best predictor <strong>of</strong> Y in the sense <strong>of</strong> minimizingexpected squared prediction error?What is the expected squared prediction error <strong>of</strong> this predictor?Note: Any <strong>of</strong> the answers may involve moments <strong>of</strong> X and Z.

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