Questions tagged [joint-distribution]

Joint probability distribution of several random variables gives the probability that all of them simultaneously lie in a particular region.

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Joint distribution of dependent Binomial random variables

Suppose we have $X_{1} \sim B(m,p_{1}), X_{2} \sim B(m,p_{2}),\cdots, X_{n} \sim B(m,p_{n})$ and they are dependent. Does the joint distribution $f(X_{1},X_{2},\cdots,X_{n}) $ have a closed form? Edit: let's take as an example a random graph, what's…
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Can the marginal distributions of A,C and B,C be used to build joint distribution of A and B?

There are three random variables $A$, $B$ and $C$. If the variables $A$ and $B$ were independent, their marginal joint distribution would be given by $$ P(A,B) = P(A)P(B) $$ For example, given the discrete probability distributions of $A = \{ A_1,…
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the joint distribution of the degrees of an Erdős–Rényi graph

Does the joint distribution of the degrees of an Erdős–Rényi graph have a closed form?
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Mixed joint distribution

Let $Y = \max\{0,Y^*\}$, where $Y^*$ follows a continuous distribution. I found in the paper which I am reading that $$ f_{Y,Y^*}(Y, Y^*) = I(Y = Y^*)f_{Y^*}(Y^*), $$ where $I(\cdot)$ is an indicator function. I do not know how to derive this…
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What does it mean to factor a joint distribution?

A book I'm reading (Hogan & Mason, 2012, p37) contains the following passage: The joint distribution can be factored in two different ways into conditional and marginal probabilities that reveal different aspects of forecast quality. The…
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How do I obtain joint distribution of uniform random variables conditioned on a sum constrain?

Let us say, we have two random variables, x1 --> U(10,20) i.e. x1 is uniformly distributed between 10 and 20, and x2 --> U(20,40) i.e. x2 is uniformly distributed between 20 and 40. Moreover, it has to be ensured that x1+x2 = 40 always. How do I…
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distribution of a multivariate transformation with different dimensions

Given a continuous multivariate random variable $\bf X$ with pdf $f_\mathbf X$, and an invertible transformation $g:\mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}^n$, it is known that the joint pdf of $\mathbf{Y}=g(\mathbf{X})$ is given by $$ f_\mathbf Y(\mathbf…
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Expectation of joint probability mass function

Let the joint probabilty mass function of discrete random variables X and Y be given by $f(x,y)=\frac{x^2+y^2}{25}$, for $(x,y) = (1,1), (1,3), (2,3)$ The value of E(Y) is ? Attempt $E(Y) = \sum_{x,y} y\cdot\frac{x^2 + y^2}{25}$ $E(Y) =…
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Joint pdf problem on a general space

I came across this question in a book and having trouble understanding it. Suppose $(X,Y)$ are continuous random vector with joint pdf $f(x,y)$ and support $\mathcal{X} \times \mathcal{Y}$. In particular suppose that the marginals $f_X(x)$ and…
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$\prod_{j=1}^n[f(x_j;\theta))^{i_j}\pi^{i_j}(1-\pi)^{1-i_j}]=[\prod_{j=1}^n f(x_j;\theta)^{i_j}]\pi^m(1-\pi)^{n-m}$?

I would like a clarification for the following equivalence: $$f(x_1,i_1,...,x_n,i_n|\theta, \pi)=$$ $$\prod_{j=1}^n[f(x_j;\theta))^{i_j}\pi^{i_j}(1-\pi)^{1-i_j}]=[\prod_{j=1}^n f(x_j;\theta)^{i_j}]\pi^m(1-\pi)^{n-m}$$ where $I_j\text{~}Bin(1,\pi)$…
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How to do I find a joint density?

Can someone please help me with finding the joint density of $Y_1$ and $Y_2$ when $Y_1=X_1+X_2$ and $Y_2=X_1-X_2$?
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Possible to store 2 dimensional distribution as a univariate distribution?

I am dealing with a dataset that has - many "measurements" (say X, Y and Z) a tremendous amount of data (at least considering we need to query it on the fly) and a user base that is interested in joint probabilities of measurements (e.g. P(X >= x &…
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Joint and Marginal distribution

I need to clarify something I came across in my calculations. I will appreciate any clarification or being pointed to the right literature to understand this concept. Given the joint distribution of two random variables, $X$ and $Y$, each defined on…
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Joint CDF of $F_{X,X+Y}$

I have a random variable $X$ and I define an additional random variable $Z=X+Y$. Now $X$ and $Z$ are dependent. I know the distributions of $X$, $Y$ and I know that $X$ and $Y$ are independent. In particular, for my case $X\sim Gamma(N,\lambda)$ and…
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How to specify joint distribution when they are not jointly independent?

I have three variables, $X, Y, Z$ with marginal distributions $F_x, F_y, F_z$. I want to specify the joint distribution $F_{xyz}$ of $(X, Y, Z)$. I know that if $X, Y, Z$ are jointly independent, then $$F_{xyz} = F_x F_y F_z.$$ However, what if…
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