In: Statistics and Probability
For the population of Cal Poly students, let X = number of hours slept in the last 24 hours and Y = number of exams today. Consider the following (admittedly simplistic) joint probability distribution for Xand Y.
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 x  | 
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| 
 5  | 
 6  | 
 7  | 
 8  | 
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| 
 0  | 
 .01  | 
 .09  | 
 .16  | 
 .18  | 
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| 
 y  | 
 1  | 
 .11  | 
 .06  | 
 .04  | 
 .02  | 
| 
 2  | 
 .28  | 
 .02  | 
 .02  | 
 .01  | 
For your convenience, I have calculated the following: ?(?)=6.24,?(?2)=40.34,?(?)=0.89,?(?2)=1.55E(X)=6.24,E(X2)=40.34,E(Y)=0.89,E(Y2)=1.55.
A. Determine the marginal distribution of X.
B. Calculate E(XY).
C. Calculate the correlation between X and Y. Don’t round at intermediate steps. Give your final answer to three decimal places.
D. Interpret the correlation value in the context of this example.
E. Are X and Y independent random variables? How can you tell?