Consider the probability distribution of a random variable x. is the expected value of the distribution necessarily one of the possible values of x?

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Jacqueline Mosley

20 April, 08:10

Consider the probability distribution of a random variable x. is the expected value of the distribution necessarily one of the possible values of x?

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Jonathan Bentley · Answer 1

The expected value of a distribution is considered as a mean, or average, for a probability distribution. It represents the center of the possible values of a variable. That doesn't necessarily mean it would be one of the possible values of x.