Lecture 6: Discrete Random Variables
Lecture 6: Discrete Random Variables 19 September 2005 1 Expectation The expectation of a random variable is its average value, with weights in the average given by the probability distribution E[X] = X x Pr(X = x)x If c is a constant, E[c] = c. …
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