Probability theory MOC

Law of the unconscious statistician

The law of the unconscious statistician or LOTUS states the Expectation of a random function. In the discrete case,

𝔼[𝑔(𝑋)]=𝑥supp(𝑋)𝑔(𝑥)(𝑋=𝑥)

and in the continuous case

𝔼[𝑔(𝑋)]=𝑔(𝑥)𝑑(𝑋=𝑥)=𝑔(𝑥)𝑓𝑋(𝑥)𝑑𝑥


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