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Write the expression for $mathbb{E}(Y|X)$
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I have a confusion regarding how to go about solving the following question:
Suppose you are invited to play a game where your earnings are given by multiplying the outcome of rolling a fair die ($Z$) with tossing a fair coin ($X$). You have to pay $$5$ each time you want to play this game.
Let
$Y$ = net earnings,
$Z$ = outcome of dice ($1,2,ldots,6$),
$X$ = outcome of coin ($X$ equals $1$ if heads and $2$ if tails)
- Write $Y$ in terms of $X$ and $Z$
This comes out as $Y = XZ-5$ (I think)
Write the expression for $mathbb{E}(Y|X)$. What is the expected earnings if
we know the coin landed tailWhat is your expected earning from playing this game? Answer
without making a probability distribution for $Y$.
conditional-expectation conditional-probability
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I have a confusion regarding how to go about solving the following question:
Suppose you are invited to play a game where your earnings are given by multiplying the outcome of rolling a fair die ($Z$) with tossing a fair coin ($X$). You have to pay $$5$ each time you want to play this game.
Let
$Y$ = net earnings,
$Z$ = outcome of dice ($1,2,ldots,6$),
$X$ = outcome of coin ($X$ equals $1$ if heads and $2$ if tails)
- Write $Y$ in terms of $X$ and $Z$
This comes out as $Y = XZ-5$ (I think)
Write the expression for $mathbb{E}(Y|X)$. What is the expected earnings if
we know the coin landed tailWhat is your expected earning from playing this game? Answer
without making a probability distribution for $Y$.
conditional-expectation conditional-probability
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Kindly use Mathjax:math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5020/…
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– Paras Khosla
Mar 16 at 9:54
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Can you find an answer yourself for the question in the first bullet? Do an effort and edit.
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– drhab
Mar 16 at 10:41
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Numerical values of coin toss is a little arbitrary!. I can fix X to be 0 for tails and 1 for head and the net earnings ' equation is different. Has the problem not given what the numerical outcome of X?
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– Satish Ramanathan
Mar 16 at 12:00
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This is the entirety of the question I am afraid and it has me confused as to how I should go about it
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– FM109
Mar 16 at 12:49
add a comment |
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I have a confusion regarding how to go about solving the following question:
Suppose you are invited to play a game where your earnings are given by multiplying the outcome of rolling a fair die ($Z$) with tossing a fair coin ($X$). You have to pay $$5$ each time you want to play this game.
Let
$Y$ = net earnings,
$Z$ = outcome of dice ($1,2,ldots,6$),
$X$ = outcome of coin ($X$ equals $1$ if heads and $2$ if tails)
- Write $Y$ in terms of $X$ and $Z$
This comes out as $Y = XZ-5$ (I think)
Write the expression for $mathbb{E}(Y|X)$. What is the expected earnings if
we know the coin landed tailWhat is your expected earning from playing this game? Answer
without making a probability distribution for $Y$.
conditional-expectation conditional-probability
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I have a confusion regarding how to go about solving the following question:
Suppose you are invited to play a game where your earnings are given by multiplying the outcome of rolling a fair die ($Z$) with tossing a fair coin ($X$). You have to pay $$5$ each time you want to play this game.
Let
$Y$ = net earnings,
$Z$ = outcome of dice ($1,2,ldots,6$),
$X$ = outcome of coin ($X$ equals $1$ if heads and $2$ if tails)
- Write $Y$ in terms of $X$ and $Z$
This comes out as $Y = XZ-5$ (I think)
Write the expression for $mathbb{E}(Y|X)$. What is the expected earnings if
we know the coin landed tailWhat is your expected earning from playing this game? Answer
without making a probability distribution for $Y$.
conditional-expectation conditional-probability
conditional-expectation conditional-probability
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Kindly use Mathjax:math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5020/…
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– Paras Khosla
Mar 16 at 9:54
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Can you find an answer yourself for the question in the first bullet? Do an effort and edit.
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– drhab
Mar 16 at 10:41
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Numerical values of coin toss is a little arbitrary!. I can fix X to be 0 for tails and 1 for head and the net earnings ' equation is different. Has the problem not given what the numerical outcome of X?
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– Satish Ramanathan
Mar 16 at 12:00
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This is the entirety of the question I am afraid and it has me confused as to how I should go about it
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– FM109
Mar 16 at 12:49
add a comment |
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Kindly use Mathjax:math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5020/…
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– Paras Khosla
Mar 16 at 9:54
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Can you find an answer yourself for the question in the first bullet? Do an effort and edit.
$endgroup$
– drhab
Mar 16 at 10:41
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Numerical values of coin toss is a little arbitrary!. I can fix X to be 0 for tails and 1 for head and the net earnings ' equation is different. Has the problem not given what the numerical outcome of X?
$endgroup$
– Satish Ramanathan
Mar 16 at 12:00
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This is the entirety of the question I am afraid and it has me confused as to how I should go about it
$endgroup$
– FM109
Mar 16 at 12:49
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Kindly use Mathjax:math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5020/…
$endgroup$
– Paras Khosla
Mar 16 at 9:54
$begingroup$
Kindly use Mathjax:math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5020/…
$endgroup$
– Paras Khosla
Mar 16 at 9:54
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Can you find an answer yourself for the question in the first bullet? Do an effort and edit.
$endgroup$
– drhab
Mar 16 at 10:41
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Can you find an answer yourself for the question in the first bullet? Do an effort and edit.
$endgroup$
– drhab
Mar 16 at 10:41
$begingroup$
Numerical values of coin toss is a little arbitrary!. I can fix X to be 0 for tails and 1 for head and the net earnings ' equation is different. Has the problem not given what the numerical outcome of X?
$endgroup$
– Satish Ramanathan
Mar 16 at 12:00
$begingroup$
Numerical values of coin toss is a little arbitrary!. I can fix X to be 0 for tails and 1 for head and the net earnings ' equation is different. Has the problem not given what the numerical outcome of X?
$endgroup$
– Satish Ramanathan
Mar 16 at 12:00
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This is the entirety of the question I am afraid and it has me confused as to how I should go about it
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– FM109
Mar 16 at 12:49
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This is the entirety of the question I am afraid and it has me confused as to how I should go about it
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– FM109
Mar 16 at 12:49
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You just have to use the fact that dice roll and coin toss are independent, after that (and the fact that for independent variables $mathbb{E}(XY) = mathbb{E}(X) cdot mathbb{E}(Y)$) it's rather trivial.
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I am afraid I still do not understand your answer correctly
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– FM109
Mar 16 at 12:48
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An answer will be helpful
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– FM109
Mar 17 at 3:51
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well, you wrote Y in terms of X and Z correctly, now $mathbb{E}[Y] = mathbb{E}[XZ - 5] = mathbb{E}[XZ] - 5 = $(because X and Z are independent) $mathbb{E}[X] cdot mathbb{E}[Z] - 5.$ $mathbb{E}[Y|X]$ will be a function of expected value of Y given X. So you have to define a function g(x) that for a given coin toss result gives expected value of the whole experiment. So you "calculate E[Y] using x", where x is a constant, not a random variable. $g(x) = mathbb{E}[Y|X] = mathbb{E}[xZ - 5] = $(x is a number, it's important here that X and Z are independent)$ x cdot mathbb{E}[Z] - 5$.
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– Piotr Piękos
Mar 17 at 9:59
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another simple way to go about $mathbb{E}[Y|X]$ without using independence is just writing explicitly writing the $mathbb{E}[Y|x=1]$ and $mathbb{E}[Y|x=2]$
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– Piotr Piękos
Mar 17 at 10:03
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This was really helpful, i had in mind that x will be a constant but your explanation has made it quite clear to me. Thanks a lot I really appreciate you taking out time to explain it neatly
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– FM109
Mar 20 at 4:56
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You just have to use the fact that dice roll and coin toss are independent, after that (and the fact that for independent variables $mathbb{E}(XY) = mathbb{E}(X) cdot mathbb{E}(Y)$) it's rather trivial.
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I am afraid I still do not understand your answer correctly
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– FM109
Mar 16 at 12:48
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An answer will be helpful
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– FM109
Mar 17 at 3:51
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well, you wrote Y in terms of X and Z correctly, now $mathbb{E}[Y] = mathbb{E}[XZ - 5] = mathbb{E}[XZ] - 5 = $(because X and Z are independent) $mathbb{E}[X] cdot mathbb{E}[Z] - 5.$ $mathbb{E}[Y|X]$ will be a function of expected value of Y given X. So you have to define a function g(x) that for a given coin toss result gives expected value of the whole experiment. So you "calculate E[Y] using x", where x is a constant, not a random variable. $g(x) = mathbb{E}[Y|X] = mathbb{E}[xZ - 5] = $(x is a number, it's important here that X and Z are independent)$ x cdot mathbb{E}[Z] - 5$.
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– Piotr Piękos
Mar 17 at 9:59
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another simple way to go about $mathbb{E}[Y|X]$ without using independence is just writing explicitly writing the $mathbb{E}[Y|x=1]$ and $mathbb{E}[Y|x=2]$
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– Piotr Piękos
Mar 17 at 10:03
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This was really helpful, i had in mind that x will be a constant but your explanation has made it quite clear to me. Thanks a lot I really appreciate you taking out time to explain it neatly
$endgroup$
– FM109
Mar 20 at 4:56
add a comment |
$begingroup$
You just have to use the fact that dice roll and coin toss are independent, after that (and the fact that for independent variables $mathbb{E}(XY) = mathbb{E}(X) cdot mathbb{E}(Y)$) it's rather trivial.
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
I am afraid I still do not understand your answer correctly
$endgroup$
– FM109
Mar 16 at 12:48
$begingroup$
An answer will be helpful
$endgroup$
– FM109
Mar 17 at 3:51
$begingroup$
well, you wrote Y in terms of X and Z correctly, now $mathbb{E}[Y] = mathbb{E}[XZ - 5] = mathbb{E}[XZ] - 5 = $(because X and Z are independent) $mathbb{E}[X] cdot mathbb{E}[Z] - 5.$ $mathbb{E}[Y|X]$ will be a function of expected value of Y given X. So you have to define a function g(x) that for a given coin toss result gives expected value of the whole experiment. So you "calculate E[Y] using x", where x is a constant, not a random variable. $g(x) = mathbb{E}[Y|X] = mathbb{E}[xZ - 5] = $(x is a number, it's important here that X and Z are independent)$ x cdot mathbb{E}[Z] - 5$.
$endgroup$
– Piotr Piękos
Mar 17 at 9:59
$begingroup$
another simple way to go about $mathbb{E}[Y|X]$ without using independence is just writing explicitly writing the $mathbb{E}[Y|x=1]$ and $mathbb{E}[Y|x=2]$
$endgroup$
– Piotr Piękos
Mar 17 at 10:03
$begingroup$
This was really helpful, i had in mind that x will be a constant but your explanation has made it quite clear to me. Thanks a lot I really appreciate you taking out time to explain it neatly
$endgroup$
– FM109
Mar 20 at 4:56
add a comment |
$begingroup$
You just have to use the fact that dice roll and coin toss are independent, after that (and the fact that for independent variables $mathbb{E}(XY) = mathbb{E}(X) cdot mathbb{E}(Y)$) it's rather trivial.
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You just have to use the fact that dice roll and coin toss are independent, after that (and the fact that for independent variables $mathbb{E}(XY) = mathbb{E}(X) cdot mathbb{E}(Y)$) it's rather trivial.
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I am afraid I still do not understand your answer correctly
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– FM109
Mar 16 at 12:48
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An answer will be helpful
$endgroup$
– FM109
Mar 17 at 3:51
$begingroup$
well, you wrote Y in terms of X and Z correctly, now $mathbb{E}[Y] = mathbb{E}[XZ - 5] = mathbb{E}[XZ] - 5 = $(because X and Z are independent) $mathbb{E}[X] cdot mathbb{E}[Z] - 5.$ $mathbb{E}[Y|X]$ will be a function of expected value of Y given X. So you have to define a function g(x) that for a given coin toss result gives expected value of the whole experiment. So you "calculate E[Y] using x", where x is a constant, not a random variable. $g(x) = mathbb{E}[Y|X] = mathbb{E}[xZ - 5] = $(x is a number, it's important here that X and Z are independent)$ x cdot mathbb{E}[Z] - 5$.
$endgroup$
– Piotr Piękos
Mar 17 at 9:59
$begingroup$
another simple way to go about $mathbb{E}[Y|X]$ without using independence is just writing explicitly writing the $mathbb{E}[Y|x=1]$ and $mathbb{E}[Y|x=2]$
$endgroup$
– Piotr Piękos
Mar 17 at 10:03
$begingroup$
This was really helpful, i had in mind that x will be a constant but your explanation has made it quite clear to me. Thanks a lot I really appreciate you taking out time to explain it neatly
$endgroup$
– FM109
Mar 20 at 4:56
add a comment |
$begingroup$
I am afraid I still do not understand your answer correctly
$endgroup$
– FM109
Mar 16 at 12:48
$begingroup$
An answer will be helpful
$endgroup$
– FM109
Mar 17 at 3:51
$begingroup$
well, you wrote Y in terms of X and Z correctly, now $mathbb{E}[Y] = mathbb{E}[XZ - 5] = mathbb{E}[XZ] - 5 = $(because X and Z are independent) $mathbb{E}[X] cdot mathbb{E}[Z] - 5.$ $mathbb{E}[Y|X]$ will be a function of expected value of Y given X. So you have to define a function g(x) that for a given coin toss result gives expected value of the whole experiment. So you "calculate E[Y] using x", where x is a constant, not a random variable. $g(x) = mathbb{E}[Y|X] = mathbb{E}[xZ - 5] = $(x is a number, it's important here that X and Z are independent)$ x cdot mathbb{E}[Z] - 5$.
$endgroup$
– Piotr Piękos
Mar 17 at 9:59
$begingroup$
another simple way to go about $mathbb{E}[Y|X]$ without using independence is just writing explicitly writing the $mathbb{E}[Y|x=1]$ and $mathbb{E}[Y|x=2]$
$endgroup$
– Piotr Piękos
Mar 17 at 10:03
$begingroup$
This was really helpful, i had in mind that x will be a constant but your explanation has made it quite clear to me. Thanks a lot I really appreciate you taking out time to explain it neatly
$endgroup$
– FM109
Mar 20 at 4:56
$begingroup$
I am afraid I still do not understand your answer correctly
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– FM109
Mar 16 at 12:48
$begingroup$
I am afraid I still do not understand your answer correctly
$endgroup$
– FM109
Mar 16 at 12:48
$begingroup$
An answer will be helpful
$endgroup$
– FM109
Mar 17 at 3:51
$begingroup$
An answer will be helpful
$endgroup$
– FM109
Mar 17 at 3:51
$begingroup$
well, you wrote Y in terms of X and Z correctly, now $mathbb{E}[Y] = mathbb{E}[XZ - 5] = mathbb{E}[XZ] - 5 = $(because X and Z are independent) $mathbb{E}[X] cdot mathbb{E}[Z] - 5.$ $mathbb{E}[Y|X]$ will be a function of expected value of Y given X. So you have to define a function g(x) that for a given coin toss result gives expected value of the whole experiment. So you "calculate E[Y] using x", where x is a constant, not a random variable. $g(x) = mathbb{E}[Y|X] = mathbb{E}[xZ - 5] = $(x is a number, it's important here that X and Z are independent)$ x cdot mathbb{E}[Z] - 5$.
$endgroup$
– Piotr Piękos
Mar 17 at 9:59
$begingroup$
well, you wrote Y in terms of X and Z correctly, now $mathbb{E}[Y] = mathbb{E}[XZ - 5] = mathbb{E}[XZ] - 5 = $(because X and Z are independent) $mathbb{E}[X] cdot mathbb{E}[Z] - 5.$ $mathbb{E}[Y|X]$ will be a function of expected value of Y given X. So you have to define a function g(x) that for a given coin toss result gives expected value of the whole experiment. So you "calculate E[Y] using x", where x is a constant, not a random variable. $g(x) = mathbb{E}[Y|X] = mathbb{E}[xZ - 5] = $(x is a number, it's important here that X and Z are independent)$ x cdot mathbb{E}[Z] - 5$.
$endgroup$
– Piotr Piękos
Mar 17 at 9:59
$begingroup$
another simple way to go about $mathbb{E}[Y|X]$ without using independence is just writing explicitly writing the $mathbb{E}[Y|x=1]$ and $mathbb{E}[Y|x=2]$
$endgroup$
– Piotr Piękos
Mar 17 at 10:03
$begingroup$
another simple way to go about $mathbb{E}[Y|X]$ without using independence is just writing explicitly writing the $mathbb{E}[Y|x=1]$ and $mathbb{E}[Y|x=2]$
$endgroup$
– Piotr Piękos
Mar 17 at 10:03
$begingroup$
This was really helpful, i had in mind that x will be a constant but your explanation has made it quite clear to me. Thanks a lot I really appreciate you taking out time to explain it neatly
$endgroup$
– FM109
Mar 20 at 4:56
$begingroup$
This was really helpful, i had in mind that x will be a constant but your explanation has made it quite clear to me. Thanks a lot I really appreciate you taking out time to explain it neatly
$endgroup$
– FM109
Mar 20 at 4:56
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Can you find an answer yourself for the question in the first bullet? Do an effort and edit.
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Numerical values of coin toss is a little arbitrary!. I can fix X to be 0 for tails and 1 for head and the net earnings ' equation is different. Has the problem not given what the numerical outcome of X?
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– Satish Ramanathan
Mar 16 at 12:00
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This is the entirety of the question I am afraid and it has me confused as to how I should go about it
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