Lecture 21 Blog, ECE302 Spring 2013, Prof. Boutin
Monday February 25, 2013 (Week 8) - See Course Outline.
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In Lecture 21, we continued our discussion of normally distributed random variables, still focusing on the one-dimensional case. In particular, we showed how to compute the expectation and the variance of a normally distributed random variable: with the two tricks we introduced, the computations turned out to be quite reasonable. We also considered the effect of a linear transformation on a normally distributed random variable: it was observed that the resulting random variable Y=aX+b is also normally distributed. The relation between the mean and variance of X and that of Y=aX+b was given. However, note that we had already seen that relation when we looked at the expectation and variance of aX+b in general.
Action items for students (to be completed before next lecture)
- Read Section 5.1 in the textbook.
- Solve the following practice problems and consider sharing your answers for discussion and feedback. (You will hand in your solution as part of homework 5.)
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