Chapter 4: Q1E (page 207)
Suppose that X has the uniform distribution on the interval \(\left( {0,1} \right)\). Compute the variance of X.
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\({\rm{Var}}\left( {\rm{X}} \right) = \frac{1}{{12}}\).
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Chapter 4: Q1E (page 207)
Suppose that X has the uniform distribution on the interval \(\left( {0,1} \right)\). Compute the variance of X.
\({\rm{Var}}\left( {\rm{X}} \right) = \frac{1}{{12}}\).
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