% \documentclass[serif]{beamer} % Serif for Computer Modern math font. \documentclass[serif, handout]{beamer} % Handout to ignore pause statements. \hypersetup{colorlinks,linkcolor=,urlcolor=red} \usefonttheme{serif} % Looks like Computer Modern for non-math text -- nice! \setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{} % Suppress navigation symbols % \usetheme{Berlin} % Displays sections on top \usetheme{Frankfurt} % Displays section titles on top: Fairly thin but still swallows some material at bottom of crowded slides %\usetheme{Berkeley} \usepackage[english]{babel} \usepackage{amsmath} % for binom \usepackage{amsfonts} % for \mathbb{R} The set of reals % \usepackage{graphicx} % To include pdf files! % \definecolor{links}{HTML}{2A1B81} % \definecolor{links}{red} \setbeamertemplate{footline}[frame number] \mode \title{Conditional Distributions and Independent Random Variables (Section 2.8)\footnote{ This slide show is an open-source document. See last slide for copyright information.}} \subtitle{STA 256: Fall 2019} \date{} % To suppress date \begin{document} \begin{frame} \titlepage \end{frame} \begin{frame} \frametitle{Overview} \tableofcontents \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \section{Independence} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame} \frametitle{Independent Random Variables: Discrete or Continuous} \framesubtitle{The real definition} \pause The random variables $X$ and $Y$ are said to be \emph{independent} if {\LARGE \begin{displaymath} P(X \in A, Y \in B) = P(X \in A) P(Y \in B) \end{displaymath} \pause } % End size \vspace{6mm} For all subsets\footnote{Okay, all Borel subsets.} $A$ and $B$ of the real numbers. \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame} \frametitle{Big Theorem} \framesubtitle{We will use this as our criterion of independence} The random variables $X$ and $Y$ are independent if and only if {\LARGE \begin{displaymath} F_{_{X,Y}}(x,y) = F_{_X}(x)F_{_Y}(y) \end{displaymath} \pause } % End size \vspace{6mm} For all real $x$ and $y$. \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame} \frametitle{Theorem (for discrete random variables)} \framesubtitle{Recalling independence means $ F_{_{X,Y}}(x,y) =F_{_X}(x)F_{_Y}(y)$} \pause The discrete random variables $X$ and $Y$ are independent if and only if \pause {\LARGE \begin{displaymath} p_{_{X,Y}}(x,y) = p_{_X}(x) \, p_{_Y}(y) \end{displaymath} } % End size for all real $x$ and $y$. \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame} \frametitle{Theorem (for continuous random variables)} \framesubtitle{Recalling independence means $ F_{_{X,Y}}(x,y) = F_{_X}(x)F_{_Y}(y)$} \pause The continuous random variables $X$ and $Y$ are independent if and only if \pause {\LARGE \begin{displaymath} f_{_{X,Y}}(x,y) = f_{_X}(x) \, f_{_Y}(y) \end{displaymath} } % End size at all continuity points of the densities. \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \section{Conditional Distributions} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame} \frametitle{Conditional Distributions} \framesubtitle{Of discrete random variables} \pause If $X$ and $Y$ are discrete random variables, the conditional probability mass function of $X$ given $Y=y$ is \pause just a conditional probability. \pause It is given by \pause %{\LARGE \begin{displaymath} P(X=x|Y=y) = \frac{P(X=x,Y=y)}{P(Y=y)} \end{displaymath} \pause %} % End size These are just probabilities of events. For example, \pause \begin{displaymath} P(X=x,Y=y) = P\{\omega \in \Omega: X(\omega)=x \mbox{ and } Y(\omega)=y \} \end{displaymath} \pause We write %{\LARGE \begin{displaymath} p_{_{X|Y}}(x|y) = \frac{p_{_{X,Y}}(x,y)}{p_{_Y}(y)} \end{displaymath} \pause %} % End size Note that $p_{_{X|Y}}(x|y)$ is defined only for $y$ values such that $p_{_Y}(y)>0$. \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame} \frametitle{Conditional Probability Mass Functions} \framesubtitle{Both ways} \pause {\LARGE \begin{displaymath} p_{_{Y|X}}(_{Y|X}) = \frac{p_{_{X,Y}}(x,y)}{p_{_X}(x)} \end{displaymath} } % End size \vspace{3mm} {\LARGE \begin{displaymath} p_{_{X|Y}}(x|y) = \frac{p_{_{X,Y}}(x,y)}{p_{_Y}(y)} \end{displaymath} \vspace{3mm} } % End size Defined where the denominators are non-zero. \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame} \frametitle{Independence makes sense} \framesubtitle{In terms of conditional probability mass functions} \pause Suppose $X$ and $Y$ are independent. \pause Then $p_{_{X,Y}}(x,y) = p_{_X}(x)p_{_Y}(y)$\pause, and \pause %{\LARGE \begin{eqnarray*} p_{_{X|Y}}(x|y) & = & \frac{p_{_{X,Y}}(x,y)}{p_{_Y}(y)} \\ \pause & = & \frac{p_{_X}(x)p_{_Y}(y)}{p_{_Y}(y)} \\ \pause & = & p_{_X}(x) \end{eqnarray*} \pause %} % End size So we see that the conditional distribution of $X$ given $Y=y$ is identical for every value of $y$. \pause It does not depend on the value of $y$. \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame} \frametitle{The other way} \pause %\framesubtitle{s} Suppose the conditional distribution of $X$ given $Y=y$ does not depend on the value of $y$. \pause Then \pause %{\LARGE \begin{eqnarray*} && p_{_{X|Y}}(x|y) = p_{_X}(x) \\ \pause & \Leftrightarrow & p_{_X}(x) = \frac{p_{_{X,Y}}(x,y)}{p_{_Y}(y)} \\ \pause & \Leftrightarrow & p_{_{X,Y}}(x,y) = p_{_X}(x) \, p_{_Y}(y) \end{eqnarray*} \pause %} % End size So that $X$ and $Y$ are independent. \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame} \frametitle{Conditional distributions of continuous random variables} \pause % \framesubtitle{ } If $X$ and $Y$ are continuous random variables, the conditional probability density of $X$ given $Y=y$ is \pause {\LARGE \begin{displaymath} f_{_{X|Y}}(x|y) = \frac{f_{_{X,Y}}(x,y)}{f_{_Y}(y)} \end{displaymath} \pause } % End size \begin{itemize} \item Note that $f_{_{X|Y}}(x|y)$ is defined only for $y$ values such that $f_{_Y}(y)>0$. \pause \item It looks like we are conditioning on an event of probability zero\pause, but the conditional density is a limit of a conditional probability\pause, as the radius of a tiny region surrounding $(x,y)$ goes to zero. \end{itemize} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame} \frametitle{Conditional Probability Density Functions} \framesubtitle{Both ways} \pause {\LARGE \begin{displaymath} f_{_{Y|X}}(y|x) = \frac{f_{_{X,Y}}(x,y)}{f_{_X}(x)} \end{displaymath} } % End size \vspace{3mm} {\LARGE \begin{displaymath} f_{_{X|Y}}(x|y) = \frac{f_{_{X,Y}}(x,y)}{f_{_Y}(y)} \end{displaymath} \vspace{3mm} } % End size Defined where the denominators are non-zero. \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame} \frametitle{Independence makes sense} \framesubtitle{In terms of conditional densities} \pause Suppose $X$ and $Y$ are independent. \pause Then $f_{_{X,Y}}(x,y) = f_{_X}(x)f_{_Y}(y)$\pause, and \pause %{\LARGE \begin{eqnarray*} f_{_{X|Y}}(x|y) & = & \frac{f_{_{X,Y}}(x,y)}{f_{_Y}(y)} \\ \pause & = & \frac{f_{_X}(x)f_{_Y}(y)}{f_{_Y}(y)} \\ \pause & = & f_{_X}(x) \end{eqnarray*} \pause %} % End size And we see that the conditional density of $X$ given $Y=y$ is identical for every value of $y$. \pause It does not depend on the value of $y$. \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame} \frametitle{The other way} \pause %\framesubtitle{s} Suppose the conditional density of $X$ given $Y=y$ does not depend on the value of $y$. \pause Then \pause %{\LARGE \begin{eqnarray*} && f_{_{X|Y}}(x|y) = f_{_X}(x) \\ \pause & \Leftrightarrow & f_{_X}(x) = \frac{f_{_{X,Y}}(x,y)}{f_{_Y}(y)} \\ \pause & \Leftrightarrow & f_{_{X,Y}}(x,y) = f_{_X}(x) \, f_{_Y}(y) \end{eqnarray*} \pause %} % End size So that $X$ and $Y$ are independent. \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame} \frametitle{Copyright Information} This slide show was prepared by \href{http://www.utstat.toronto.edu/~brunner}{Jerry Brunner}, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto. 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