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japprox.m Assumes discrete setup and calculates basic quantities for a pair of random variables as in jsimple. Plots the regression line and regression curve.

% JAPPROX file japprox.m Basic quantities for ac pair {X,Y} % Version of 5/7/96% Assumes tuappr has set X, Y, PX, PY, t, u, P EX = total(t.*P) % E[X]EY = total(u.*P) % E[Y] EX2 = total(t.^2.*P) % E[X^2]EY2 = total(u.^2.*P) % E[Y^2] EXY = total(t.*u.*P) % E[XY]VX = EX2 - EX^2 % Var[X] VY = EY2 - EY^2 % Var[Y]cv = EXY - EX*EY; % Cov[X,Y] = E[XY]- E[X]E[Y]if abs(cv)>1e-9 % to prevent roundoff error masking zero CV = cvelse CV = 0end a = CV/VX % regression line of Y on X isb = EY - a*EX % u = at + b R = CV/sqrt(VX*VY);disp(['The regression line of Y on X is: u = ',num2str(a),'t + ',num2str(b),])disp(['The correlation coefficient is: rho = ',num2str(R),])disp(' ') eY = sum(u.*P)./sum(P); % eY(t) = E[Y|X = t]RL = a*X + b; plot(X,RL,X,eY,'-.')grid title('Regression line and Regression curve')xlabel('X values') ylabel('Y values')legend('Regression line','Regression curve') clear eY % To conserve memoryclear RL disp('Calculate with X, Y, t, u, P, as in joint simple case')
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Calculations and tests for independent random variables

mgsum.m function [z,pz] = mgsum(x,y,px,py) determines the distribution for the sum of an independent pair of simple random variables from their distributions.

function [z,pz] = mgsum(x,y,px,py)% MGSUM [z,pz] = mgsum(x,y,px,py) Sum of two independent simple rv% Version of 5/6/96 % Distribution for the sum of two independent simple random variables% x is a vector (row or column) of X values % y is a vector (row or column) of Y values% px is a vector (row or column) of X probabilities % py is a vector (row or column) of Y probabilities% z and pz are row vectors [a,b]= meshgrid(x,y); t = a+b;[c,d] = meshgrid(px,py);p = c.*d; [z,pz]= csort(t,p);
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mgsum3.m function [w,pw] = mgsum3(x,y,z,px,py,pz) extends mgsum to three random variables by repeated application of mgsum. Similarly for mgsum4.m.

function [w,pw] = mgsum3(x,y,z,px,py,pz)% MGSUM3 [w,pw] = mgsum3(x,y,z,px,py,y) Sum of three independent simple rv% Version of 5/2/96 % Distribution for the sum of three independent simple random variables% x is a vector (row or column) of X values % y is a vector (row or column) of Y values% z is a vector (row or column) of Z values % px is a vector (row or column) of X probabilities% py is a vector (row or column) of Y probabilities % pz is a vector (row or column) of Z probabilities% W and pW are row vectors [a,pa]= mgsum(x,y,px,py); [w,pw]= mgsum(a,z,pa,pz);
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mgnsum.m function [z,pz] = mgnsum(X,P) determines the distribution for a sum of n independent random variables. X an n -row matrix of X -values and P an n -row matrix of P -values (padded with zeros, if necessary, to make all rows the same length.

function [z,pz] = mgnsum(X,P)% MGNSUM [z,pz] = mgnsum(X,P) Sum of n independent simple rv% Version of 5/16/96 % Distribution for the sum of n independent simple random variables% X an n-row matrix of X-values % P an n-row matrix of P-values% padded with zeros, if necessary % to make all rows the same length[n,r] = size(P);z = 0; pz = 1;for i = 1:n x = X(i,:);p = P(i,:);x = x(find(p>0)); p = p(find(p>0)); [z,pz]= mgsum(z,x,pz,p); end
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Source:  OpenStax, Applied probability. OpenStax CNX. Aug 31, 2009 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col10708/1.6
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