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ECE Ph.D. Qualifying Exam

Communication, Networking, Signal and Image Processing (CS)

Question 1: Probability and Random Processes

August 2012



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Problem 2

Problem statement: Let $ X $ be a continuous or discrete random variable with mean $ \mu $ and variance $ \sigma^2 $. Then, $ \forall \varepsilon >0 $, we have
$ P(|X-\mu| \geq \varepsilon) \leq \frac{\sigma^2}{\varepsilon^2} $

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Discrete Case:
Continuous Case:

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