IB skill practice

Use conditional expectation

Calculate and interpret conditional expectation in discrete or continuous contexts.

Paper 1, Paper 2 5 marks Difficulty 5

Use conditional expectation - conditional expectation as a weighted mean item

Case A14. Within the displayed condition, \(X=1\) has probability 0.35 and \(X=5\) has probability 0.65. Calculate the requested conditional expectation quantity.

Worked practice: result and interpretation

Calculate the requested result first, then choose the interpretation that follows from it.