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probability and statistics

Expectation, moments, and MGFs

Linearity of expectation, variance, higher moments, generating functions.

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  1. Lesson 1 of 5

    Expectation rules

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  2. Lesson 2 of 5

    Variance and higher moments

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  3. Lesson 3 of 5

    Moment generating functions

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  4. Lesson 4 of 5

    Characteristic functions

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  5. Lesson 5 of 5

    Laws of total expectation and variance

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