Consider the following mixture distribution.
- Draw \(X \sim \mbox{Ber}(p=.3)\)
- If \(X=1\) then \(Y \sim \mbox{Geometric}(p_1)\)
- If \(X= 0\) then \(Y \sim \mbox{Bin}(n,p_2)\)
What is \(\mathbf{E}(Y)\) ?. (*) What is \(\mathbf{E}(Y | X )\) ?.
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Consider the following mixture distribution.
What is \(\mathbf{E}(Y)\) ?. (*) What is \(\mathbf{E}(Y | X )\) ?.