Math 300 , Spring 2002, Day41, W, May 8Hit reload to get most current version

Continuing with Two random variables X, Y "jointly distributed".
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How would you find the distribution of W = X+Y?  Handout, "convolution".

 Joint normal distribution: (handout)
  Correlation coefficient rho = cov(X,Y)/stdev(X)stdev(Y)  (cf. sample correl. coeff.)
    This is also a parameter in the joint normal.  Not coincidentally, it turns out to be the correlation coefficient for X,Y.
     Level curves are ellipses.
      E(Y|x) is line that bisects "vertical" distances inside ellipses.
DPGraph pictures.
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