
Elementary Statistics
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780321836960
Author: Mario F. Triola
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2.3, Problem 1BSC
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To explain: The advantage for examining the histogram instead of the frequency distribution.
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Lemma 1.1 Suppose that g is a non-negative, non-decreasing function such that
E g(X) 0. Then,
E g(|X|)
P(|X|> x) ≤
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set Var X = o². Then, for 0 0,
P(X > x) ≤ e−1x+1²²,
P(|X|> x) ≤ 2e−x+1² 0²
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