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  1. The expectation of an expectation - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Oct 21, 2020 · This may seem trivial but just to confirm, as the expected value is a constant, this implies that the expectation of an expectation is just itself. It would be useful to know if this assumption is

  2. probability theory - Confusion about Regular conditional expectation ...

    Jun 16, 2025 · I like this Stats SE answer which (a) points out the problem with the abstract Kolmogorov definition of conditional probability being arbitrary on a set of positive measure and (b) explains how …

  3. Calculate expectation of a geometric random variable

    Dec 13, 2013 · 3 A clever solution to find the expected value of a geometric r.v. is those employed in this video lecture of the MITx course "Introduction to Probability: Part 1 - The Fundamentals" (by the way, …

  4. expectation - What is the expected value of a probability density ...

    Jan 25, 2018 · The expected value of a function can be found by integrating the product of the function with the probability density function (PDF). What if I want to find the expected value of the PDF itself? …

  5. Intuitive explanation of the tower property of conditional expectation

    May 27, 2011 · I understand how to define conditional expectation and how to prove that it exists. Further, I think I understand what conditional expectation means intuitively. I can also prove the …

  6. Expectation of $\max (X, 0)$ for scalar normal distributed random ...

    Jul 7, 2021 · Expectation of $\max (X, 0)$ for scalar normal distributed random variable $X$ Ask Question Asked 4 years, 7 months ago Modified 4 years, 7 months ago

  7. Expectation of the square of a geometric random variable

    Apr 12, 2017 · I think you mean the expectation of the square of a geometric random variable. "Expectation squared ____" would seem to mean "square of expectation ____".

  8. Expected value of $2^X$ - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Mar 23, 2016 · Explore related questions probability probability-theory expectation See similar questions with these tags.

  9. probability - Expectation of maximum of n i.i.d random variables ...

    Jul 27, 2019 · Expectation of maximum of n i.i.d random variables Ask Question Asked 6 years, 6 months ago Modified 2 years ago

  10. Tail sum for expectation - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Tail sum for expectation Ask Question Asked 14 years, 5 months ago Modified 7 years, 6 months ago