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1. (Boole's inequality) For a sequence of events A1, A2, ···, show that P(?[i=1 to ?] Ai) ? ?[i=1 to ?] P(Ai) holds. 2. Suppose that pmf of X is f(x) = { 2^-x x = 1, 2, ··· { 0 otherwise Show that E[2^X] does not exist. 3. Let Sn ~ B(n, p). Show the WLLN by using the mgf of Xn = Sn/n. 4. Suppose that F?(n, m) denotes the 100(1 - ?)th percentile of F(n, m) distribution. Show that 1 / F?(n, m) = F[1-?](m, n). 5. Suppose that T has t distribution with df=n. Show that T^2 has F(1, n) distribution.

          1. (Boole's inequality) For a sequence of events A1, A2, ···, show that
P(?[i=1 to ?] Ai) ? ?[i=1 to ?] P(Ai) holds.

2. Suppose that pmf of X is
f(x) = { 2^-x  x = 1, 2, ···
       { 0      otherwise
Show that E[2^X] does not exist.

3. Let Sn ~ B(n, p). Show the WLLN by using the mgf of Xn = Sn/n.

4. Suppose that F?(n, m) denotes the 100(1 - ?)th percentile of F(n, m) distribution. Show that 1 / F?(n, m) = F[1-?](m, n).

5. Suppose that T has t distribution with df=n. Show that T^2 has F(1, n) distribution.

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1. (Boole's inequality) For a sequence of events A1, A2, ···, show that
P(?[i=1 to ?] Ai) ? ?[i=1 to ?] P(Ai) holds.

2. Suppose that pmf of X is
f(x) = 2^-x x = 1, 2, ···
0 otherwise
Show that E[2^X] does not exist.

3. Let Sn B(n, p). Show the WLLN by using the mgf of Xn = Sn/n.

4. Suppose that F?(n, m) denotes the 100(1 - ?)th percentile of F(n, m) distribution. Show that 1 / F?(n, m) = F[1-?](m, n).

5. Suppose that T has t distribution with df=n. Show that T^2 has F(1, n) distribution.

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(Boole's inequality) For a sequence of events $A_1, A_2, ..., A_n$, we want to show that $P(\bigcup_{i=1}^n A_i) \leq \sum_{i=1}^n P(A_i)$. Proof: We can prove this by induction. Base case: For $n=1$, the inequality holds since $P(A_1) = P(A_1)$. Inductive Show more…

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1. (Boole's inequality) For a sequence of events A1, A2, ···, show that P(∪[i=1 to ∞] Ai) ≤ ∑[i=1 to ∞] P(Ai) holds. 2. Suppose that pmf of X is f(x) = { 2^-x x=1, 2, ··· { 0 otherwise Show that E[2^X] does not exist. 3. Let Sn ~ B(n, p). Show the WLLN by using the mgf of Xn = Sn/n. 4. Suppose that Fα(n, m) denotes the 100(1 - α)th percentile of F(n, m) distribution. Show that 1 / Fα(n, m) = F[1-α](m, n). 5. Suppose that T has t distribution with df=n. Show that T^2 has F(1, n) distribution.

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