The PDF of a Function of a Random Variable: Teaching its Structure by Transforming Formalism into Intuition.

The writers describe how they teach the structure of the probability density function of a function of a random variable. They approach the problem as a change in scale as opposed to a change in variable; appeal to the concept of “conservation of probabilities”; use the physical analogy of “pourin...

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Publicado en:American Statistician Vol. 60; no. 1; pp. 61 - 68
Autores principales: Hanley, James A., Telsch, Dana
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: American Statistical Association February 2006
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