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Stats Exam 1
Stats Exam 1
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Economics
Graduate
02/10/2017

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μ,σ
Definition
μ=1/n Σ[i=1,n] x_i
σ=√(1/(n-1) Σ[i=1,n] (x_i-x_bar)^2)
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Emperical Rule
Definition
68%,95%,99.7%
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DeMorgan's Law
Definition
1) Complement(AnB) =C(A)uC(B)
2) Complement(AuB)=C(A)nC(B)
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Distributive Law
Definition
3) An(BuC)=(AnB)u(AnC)
4) Au(BnC)=(AuB)n(Auc)
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3 Axioms of Probability
Definition
1) P(A)≥0
2) P(S)=1
3) P(A1uA2u…uAn) = Σ[i=1,n] P(Ai)
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Permutation
Definition
# of ways of ordering n distinct objects taken r at a time: P[n,r]=n!/(n-r)!
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Combination
Definition
# of combos of n objects selected r at a time: C[n,r]=(n,r)=n!/(r!(n-r)!)
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Extension of mn rule
Definition
The # of ways of partitioning n distinct objects into k distinct groups containing n1,n2,…,nk objects, respectively, where each object appears in exactly one group and Σ[i=1,k] ni=n, is N= (n, n1 n2 … nk)=n!/(n1!n2!...nk!)
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Conditional probability
Definition
P(A|B)=P(AnB)/P(B)
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Multiplicative and Additive Laws
Definition
P(AnB)=P(A)P(B|A) [if A,B are independent, =P(A)P(B)]
P(AuB)=P(A)+P(B)-P(AnB) [if A,B are mutually exclusive, =P(A)+P(B)]
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Law of total probability
Definition
P(A)=Σ[i=1,k] P(A|Bi)P(Bi)
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Bayes' Rule
Definition
P(Bj|A) = P(A|Bj)P(Bj)/(Σ[i=1,k] P(A|Bi)P(Bi))
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expected value, variance
Definition
E(Y)=μ=Σ[y] yP(y)
V(Y)=σ^2=E[(Y-μ)^2]=E[Y^2]-μ^2
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Moment
Definition
Moment: a set of numerical measures that describe or uniquely determine P(Y) under certain conditions
The kth moment of the RV Y taken around the origin is E(Y^k) and is written as μ'_k
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Skewness, kurtosis
Definition
γ_1=E[(Y-μ)^3]/σ^3 (γ can be positive, negative or 0/symmetric)
kurtosis replaces 3 with 4
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Binomial experiment
Definition
1) n identical, fixed trials
2) each trial results in 1 of 2 possible outcomes
3) probability of success is p, failure is 1-p (aka q)
4) trials are independent
5) R.V. Y is the # of successes
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Binomial probability
Definition
P(Y)=(n,y)(p^y)(q^(n-y))
E(Y)=np
V(Y)=npq
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Properties of CDF
Definition
1) F(-∞)=0
2) F(∞)=1
3) F(*) is non-decreasing in y ST if y1<y2 then F(y1)≤F(y2)
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Integral ln(x)
Definition
xln(x)-x+c
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probability density function
Definition
f(y)=dF(y)/dy=F'(y)
p(a≤y≤b) = integral[a,b]f(y)dy=F(b)-F(a)
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E(Y), E[g(y)] (area under a curve)
Definition
integral [-∞,∞] yf(y)dy, integral [-∞,∞] g(y)f(y)dy
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Uniform continuous distribution function, also mean & variance
Definition
f(y) = { 1/(θ2-θ1) for θ1≤y≤θ2;
0 otherwise}
E(Y)=(θ1+θ2)/2; V(Y)=σ^2=(θ2-θ1)^2/12
Term
z
Definition
z = (y-μ)/σ
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P(y1|y2), f(y1|y2)
Definition
P(y1|y2) = P(y1,y2)/P2(y2), provided p2(y2)>0
f(y1|y2) = f(y1,y2)/f2(y2), provided f2(y2)>0
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Indpendence for discrete and continuous random variables
Definition
Discrete: P(y1,y2)=p1(y1)p2(y2)
Continuous: f(y1,y2)=f1(y1)f2(y2)
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COV(Y1,Y2), P(Cov. Coefficient)
Definition
COV(Y1,Y2)=E[(Y1-μ1)(Y2-μ2)]=E[Y1,Y2]-μ1μ2, where E[Y1,Y2]=Σ[for all y1]Σ[for all y2] y1y2p(y1,y2),
P(Cov. Coefficient) = COV(Y1,Y2)/σ1σ2
If Y1,Y2 are indpendent then COV(Y1,Y2)=0 (BUT converse is not true)
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Conditional expectation of g(Y1)|Y2=y2
Definition
For jointly continuous Y1, Y2: E(g(Y1)|Y2=y2) = integral [-∞,∞] g(y1)f(y1|y2)dy1;
For jointly discrete Y1, Y2: E(g(Y1|Y2=y2)=Σ[all y1] g(y1)p(y1|y2)
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Statistic
Definition
A function of the observable random variables in a sample and known constants
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iid
Definition
indentically and independently distributed
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CLT
Definition
Central Limit Theorem: Let y1,…,yn be random samples from any distribution with a pop. mean of μ, and variance σ^2, then E(y-bar)=μ, V(y-bar)=σ^2/n and y-bar will have approximately a normal distribution as long as the sample size is iid and sufficiently large, aka y-bar~N(μ,σ^2/n)
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E(U1), V(U1), COV(U1,U2)
Definition
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F(y)
Definition
F(y)=integral[-∞,y]f(t)dt
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f1(y1)=
Definition
f1(y1)=integral[-∞,∞]f(y1,y2)dy2
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