EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED FROM CONDITIONAL-EXPECTATION

Authors
PROSCHAN MA PRESNELL B
Citation
Ma. Proschan et B. Presnell, EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED FROM CONDITIONAL-EXPECTATION, The American statistician, 52(3), 1998, pp. 248-252
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Statistic & Probability","Statistic & Probability
Journal title
The American statistician → ACNP
ISSN journal
00031305
Volume
52
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
248 - 252
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-1305(1998)52:3<248:ETUFC>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Conditioning arguments are often used in statistics. Unfortunately, ma ny of them are incorrect. We show that seemingly logical reasoning can lead to erroneous conclusions because of lack of rigor in dealing wit h conditional distributions and expectations.