Lecture 26 Blog, ECE302 Spring 2013, Prof. Boutin
Friday March 8, 2013 (Week 9) - See Course Outline.
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In Lecture 26, we defined independence for continuous random variables, and we justified the definition by showing that it is equivalent to the definition we used in the context of set-theoretic probability theory. We then covered the topic of "functions of a random variable". More specifically, we explained and illustrated a two step procedure to find the pdf of a random variable Y defined as a function Y=g(X) of another random variable X.
Action items for students (to be completed before next lecture)
- Solve the following practice problem and consider sharing your solution for discussion and feedback. (You will hand in your solution later as part of homework 6.)
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