Transcription of Lecture 6 Moment-generating functions
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Lecture 6 Moment-generating functions
Lecture6: Moment-generating functions1of11 Course:Mathematical StatisticsTerm:Fall2017 Instructor:Gordan itkovi cLecture6 Moment-generating and first propertiesWe use many different functions to describe probability distribution (pdfs,pmfs, cdfs, quantile functions , survival functions , hazard functions , etc.) Moment-generating functions are just another way of describing distribu-tions, but they do require getting used as they lack the intuitive appeal ofpdfs or function (mgf)of the (dis-tribution of the) random variableYis the functionmYof a real param-etertdefined bymY(t) =E[etY],for allt Rfor which the expectationE[etY]is well is hard to give a direct intuition behind this definition, or to explain atwhy it is useful, at this point.
Sep 25, 2019 · Example 6.1.2 for the mgf of a unit normal distribution Z ˘N(0,1), we have mW(t) = em te 1 2 s 2 2 = em + 1 2 2t2. 6.2 Sums of independent random variables One of the most important properties of the moment-generating functions is that they turn sums of independent random variables into products: Proposition 6.2.1. Let Y1,Y2,. . .,
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