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Characteristic, Moment Generating, Factorial Generating Functions

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This course develops characteristic, moment-generating, factorial moment-generating, and probability-generating functions, including their properties, inversion formulas, joint forms, and applications to several probability distributions.

Syllabus

Inequality for Absolute Value of Expected Value.
Derivatives of a Characteristic Function are Bounded.
Properties of the Characteristic Function (part 1).
Properties of the Characteristic Function (part 2).
Inversion Formula for a Characteristic Function (part 1).
Inversion Formula (part 2).
Inversion Formula Example (part 3).
Properties of the Moment Generating Function (part 1).
Properties of the Moment Generating Function (part 2).
Factorial Moment Generating Function. Probability Generating Function..
Joint Characteristic Function.
Generating Functions for Gamma Distribution.
Generating Functions for Poisson Distribution.
Generating Functions for Normal Distribution.
Generating Functions for Binomial Distribution.
Generating Functions for Multinomial Distribution.
Generating Functions for Cauchy Distribution.
Some Applications of Characteristic Functions.
Illustration using univariate LOTUS: Derive the MGF for a 1 df noncentral Chi square Distribution.
Illustration using multivariate LOTUS: Derive the MGF or a k df noncentral Chi square Distribution.
Distribution of quadratic form n(xbar-mu)Sigma(xbar-mu), where x~MVN(mu,sigma).
Mean, Variance, MGF, & CDF of a Gumbel Distribution.
Distribution for the Sum of Negative Binomial Random Variables Using the MGF.
Derive the MGF of a Logistic Distribution and use it to derive the Mean and Variance.

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