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Reminders For Exam P
Reminders For Exam P
Reminders For Exam P
Dont forget the combination function when allocating (e.g., SOA #32).
Read everything, or at least never skip a whole sentence.
Especially in some conditional probabilities (e.g.
P ( X >16 )
P ( X > 8)
) where the
As much as possible, substitute letters with numbers once the value is found.
It usually makes things less complicated.
( X|Y =c )
E ( X|Y =c )= x P (X=x Y =c )
x
E (X)
P ( Y =c )
When the mode is being asked for in the exam, just do trial and error to see
which value among the choices produces the largest PMF or PDF.
Let x be a nonnegative integer and
number of trials. Then
X Geometric ( p)
where
is the
Dont stop at the limit benefit when integrating (e.g. SOA #161).
Sometimes, fractions in the choices are not rounded off (e.g. SOA #162). So
dont panic when your fraction is not in the choices. Just enter the choices
into your calculator one by one and see which is equivalent to your fraction.
Be careful and dont make stupid mistakes when converting at least and at
most into
or
x X
x
1 (
f X (x )= e
xa
I (a , ) (x )
E ( X )=a+
Var ( X )=2
xa
( )) I
F ( x )=( 1e
( a , )
( x)