11.7 - Summary
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Practice Questions
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Define a raw moment.
💡 Hint: Think of moments calculated about the origin.
What does the first central moment measure?
💡 Hint: Consider how deviations from the mean behave.
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What is the first central moment?
💡 Hint: Think about the definition of deviation from the mean.
If MGFs exist for random variables, they uniquely determine their distributions.
💡 Hint: Remember what MGFs do for distributions.
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Challenge Problems
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Given a discrete random variable with a specific distribution, compute its first four moments using the definitions.
💡 Hint: Use the definition of moments learned earlier.
Show how MGFs can simplify finding variances for two independent random variables.
💡 Hint: Remember the additivity property of MGFs!
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