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Question 585047: consider the probability distribution of a random variable. is the expected value of the distribution necessarily one of the possible values of x give an example
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consider the probability distribution of a random variable. is the expected value of the distribution necessarily one of the possible values of x give an example
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Ans: No
Example: The Expected value of {1,2} is 3/2 which is not one of the
numbers in the set.
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Stan H.