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---
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title : Homework 1 for Stat Inference
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subtitle : Extra problems for Stat Inference
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author : Brian Caffo
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job : Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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framework : io2012
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highlighter : highlight.js
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hitheme : tomorrow
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#url:
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# lib: ../../librariesNew #Remove new if using old slidify
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# assets: ../../assets
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widgets : [mathjax, quiz, bootstrap]
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mode : selfcontained # {standalone, draft}
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---
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```{r setup, cache = F, echo = F, message = F, warning = F, tidy = F, results='hide'}
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# make this an external chunk that can be included in any file
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library(knitr)
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options(width = 100)
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opts_chunk$set(message = F, error = F, warning = F, comment = NA, fig.align = 'center', dpi = 100, tidy = F, cache.path = '.cache/', fig.path = 'fig/')
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options(xtable.type = 'html')
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knit_hooks$set(inline = function(x) {
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if(is.numeric(x)) {
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round(x, getOption('digits'))
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} else {
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paste(as.character(x), collapse = ', ')
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}
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})
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knit_hooks$set(plot = knitr:::hook_plot_html)
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runif(1)
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```
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## About these slides
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- These are some practice problems for Statistical Inference Quiz 1
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- They were created using slidify interactive which you will learn in
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Creating Data Products
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- Please help improve this with pull requests here
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(https://github.com/bcaffo/courses)
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--- &radio
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Consider influenza epidemics for two parent heterosexual families. Suppose that the probability is 15% that at least one of the parents has contracted the disease. The probability that the father has contracted influenza is 6% while that the mother contracted the disease is 5%. What is the probability that both contracted influenza expressed as a whole number percentage?
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1. 15%
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2. 6%
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3. 5%
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4. _2%_
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*** .hint
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$A = Father$, $P(A) = .06$, $B = Mother$, $P(B) = .05$
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$P(A\cup B) = .15$,
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*** .explanation
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$P(A\cup B) = P(A) + P(B) - 2 P(AB)$ thus
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$$.15 = .06 + .05 - 2 P(AB)$$
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```{r}
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(0.15 - .06 - .05) / 2
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```
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--- &radio
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A random variable, $X$, is uniform, a box from $0$ to $1$ of height $1$. (So that it's density is $f(x) = 1$ for $0\leq x \leq 1$.) What is it's median expressed to two decimal places? </p>
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1. 1.00
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2. 0.75
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3. _0.50_
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4. 0.25
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*** .hint
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The median is the point so that 50% of the density lies below it.
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*** .explanation
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This density looks like a box. So, notice that $P(X \leq x) = width\times height = x$.
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We want $.5 = P(X\leq x) = x$.
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--- &radio
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You are playing a game with a friend where you flip a coin and if it comes up heads you give her $X$ dollars and if it comes up tails she gives you $Y$ dollars. The odds that the coin is heads in $d$. What is your expected earnings?
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1. _$-X \frac{d}{1 + d} + Y \frac{1}{1+d} $_
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2. $X \frac{d}{1 + d} + Y \frac{1}{1+d} $
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3. $X \frac{d}{1 + d} - Y \frac{1}{1+d} $
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4. $-X \frac{d}{1 + d} - Y \frac{1}{1+d} $
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*** .hint
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The probability that you win on a given round is given by $p / (1 - p) = d$ which implies
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that $p = d / (1 + d)$.
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*** .explanation
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You lose $X$ with probability $p = d/(1 +d)$ and you win $Y$ with probability $1-p = 1/(1 + d)$. So your answer is
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$$
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-X \frac{d}{1 + d} + Y \frac{1}{1+d}
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$$
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--- &radio
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A random variable takes the value -4 with probabability .2 and 1 with proabability .8. What
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is the variance of this random variable?
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1. 0
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2. _4_
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3. 8
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4. 16
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*** .hint
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This random variable has mean 0. The variance would be given by $E[X^2]$ then.
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*** .explanation
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$$E[X] = 0$$
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$$
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Var(X) = E[X^2] = (-4)^2 * .2 + (1)^2 * .8
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$$
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```{r}
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-4 * .2 + 1 * .8
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(-4)^2 * .2 + (1)^2 * .8
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```
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If $\bar X$ and $\bar Y$ are comprised of $n$ iid random variables arising from distributions
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having means $\mu_x$ and $\mu_y$, respectively and common variance $\sigma^2$
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what is the variance $\bar X - \bar Y$?
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1. 0
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2. _$2\sigma^2/n$_
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3. $\mu_x$ - $\mu_y$
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4. $2\sigma^2$
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*** .hint
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Remember that $Var(\bar X) = Var(\bar Y) = \sigma^2 / n$.
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*** .explanation
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$$
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Var(\bar X - \bar Y) = Var(\bar X) + Var(\bar Y) = \sigma^2 / n + \sigma^2 / n
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$$
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Let $X$ be a random variable having standard deviation $\sigma$. What can
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be said about $X /\sigma$?
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1. Nothing
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2. _It must have variance 1._
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3. It must have mean 0.
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4. It must have variance 0.
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*** .hint
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$Var(aX) = a^2 Var(X)$
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*** .explanation
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$$Var(X / \sigma) = Var(X) / \sigma^2 = 1$$
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If a continuous density that never touches the horizontal axis is symmetric about zero, can we say that its associated median is zero?
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1. _Yes_
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2. No.
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3. It can not be determined given the information given.
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*** .explanation
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This is a surprisingly hard problem. The easy explanation is that 50% of the probability
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is below 0 and 50% is above so yes. However, it is predicated on the density not being
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a flat line at 0 around 0. That's why the caveat that it never touches the horizontal axis
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is important.
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Consider the following pmf given in R
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```{r}
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p <- c(.1, .2, .3, .4)
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x <- 2 : 5
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```
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What is the variance expressed to 1 decimal place?
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2. 4.0
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3. 6.0
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4. 17.0
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*** .hint
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The variance is $E[X^2] - E[X^2]$
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*** .explanation
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```{r}
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sum(x ^ 2 * p) - sum(x * p) ^ 2
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```

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