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    Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) the appropriate method?

    Sorry for double-posting. The problem has been solved.
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    Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) the appropriate method?

    Homework Statement I wish to determine whether a SINGLE instrument provides reliable measures (test-retest reliability). This single instrument is not random (it's the only one available), and I will take 10 measurements for each individual that is part of a control group (and then again for...
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    Limit of Sample ACF for X_t = cos(wt)

    UPDATE: I solved the problem using exponentials (a bit tedious but it worked). This thread can be closed now.
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    Limit of Sample ACF for X_t = cos(wt)

    Homework Statement Show that the sample acf at lag h for n observations of xt = cos(wt) converges to cos(wh) as n tends to infinity. Homework Equations The sample acf at lag h is defined as the sample autocovariance function at lag h divided by the sample autocovariance function at lag 0...
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    Posterior Distribution for Number for Grouped Poissons

    haruspex: Yes, I've already figured out the relative probabilities. I don't see how this is a sum of a geometric series though. Do you mean to simplify as exp(Ʃ[Xi * (log(a1) - log(a2)) - (a1 - a2)]} where the sum goes from i = 1 to N I still don't recognize the distribution. EDIT: I...
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    Posterior Distribution for Number for Grouped Poissons

    Homework Statement I am trying to determine the posterior distribution of N where given a sequence of n independence Poisson random variables, the first N come from Poisson(a1) and the next N+1st to the nth ones come from Poisson(a2). The prior distribution on N is discrete uniform on the...
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    Mutual Independence of Functions of Independent Gammas

    Homework Statement Let Yi = (Z1 + ... + Zi)/(Z1 + ... + Zi+1) for i = 1,...,n and Yn+1 = Z1 + ... + Zn+1 where Zi ~ independent gamma(pi) for i = 1,...,n+1. Prove that the Yi's are mutually statistically independent.Homework Equations U ~ Dirichlet(p1,...,pn;pn+1) iff U = Z/T where Z is the...
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    Infinite Order of Non-Identity Elements

    Homework Statement G is an abelian group with H the subgroup of elements of G with finite order. Prove that every non-identity element in G/H has infinite order. Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution Suppose gH in G/H has order n. Then (gH)n = gnH so gn is in H. Then there is some m > 0...
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    Proving Cauchy Sequence with Triangle Inequality

    So that's basically what I said in my previous post, right?
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    Proving Cauchy Sequence with Triangle Inequality

    So by definition of a limit, lim n→∞ xn = xn+1 which means that the sequence converges to some limit L. From here: - I can use either that any convergent sequence in ℝn must be Cauchy - or that the above implies that there is some N, M (natural numbers) such that || xn - L || < ε/2...
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    Proving Cauchy Sequence with Triangle Inequality

    I don't see how to show that the series converges if I am only given that the sum is finite. All I get from subtracting partial sums is that the norm of the difference is yet again finite...
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    Proving Cauchy Sequence with Triangle Inequality

    Homework Statement If a sequence {xn} in ℝn satisfies that sum || xn - xn+1 || for n ≥ 1 is less than infinity, then show that the sequence is Cauchy. Homework Equations The triangle inequality? The Attempt at a Solution || xm - xn || ≤ || Ʃ (xi+1 - xi) from i=n to m-1|| Using...
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    Proof Regarding Functions of Independent Random Variables

    Wouldn't we be assuming that f and g are invertible? Or does that have no bearing on the proof? (I always got stuck because I thought we couldn't apply f or g inverse since we would have to then assume that f and g are invertible functions.)
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    Proof Regarding Functions of Independent Random Variables

    Homework Statement Let X and Y be independent random variables. Prove that g(X) and h(Y) are also independent where g and h are functions. Homework Equations I did some research and somehow stumbled upon how E(XY) = E(X)E(Y) is important in the proof. f(x,y) = f(x)f(y) F(x,y) =...
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    Integral over a Rotated Ellipse

    I solved the tedious resulting system of equations and got 3=2...which means that there is no such rotation? EDIT: I get the angle of rotation as 0 when solving for the coefficient of xy to be 0, but according to the formula from the link, the angle should be pi/8. EDIT2: I get -pi/8 for the...
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