Consider the probability distribution of a random variable x. is the expected value of the distribution necessarily one of the p

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Zina [86]

3 years ago

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Consider the probability distribution of a random variable x. is the expected value of the distribution necessarily one of the p

ossible values of x?

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Misha Larkins [42] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-17T12:34:39+03:00

Misha Larkins [42]3 years ago

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The expected value of a distribution is considered as a mean, or average, for a probability distribution. It represents the center of the possible values of a variable. That doesn't necessarily mean it would be one of the possible values of x.