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The question as below... Let $X$ be a non-negative random variable and $F_{X}$ the corresponding CDF. Show, $$E(X) = \int_0^\infty (1-F_X (t)) \, dt$$ in the case that, $X$ has a a) discrete distribution b) continuous distribution I assumed that for the case of a continuous distribution, since $F_X (t) = \mathbb{P}(X\leq t)$, then $1-F_X (t) = 1- \mathbb{P}(X\leq t) = \mathbb{P}(X> t)$. Although how useful integrating that is, I really have no idea. Thanks for the help! |
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For every nonnegative random variable $X$, whether discrete or continuous or a mix of these, $$ X=\int_0^{+\infty}\mathbf 1_{X\gt t}\,\mathrm dt=\int_0^{+\infty}\mathbf 1_{X\geqslant t}\,\mathrm dt, $$ hence $$ \mathrm E(X)=\int_0^{+\infty}\mathrm P(X\gt t)\,\mathrm dt=\int_0^{+\infty}\mathrm P(X\geqslant t)\,\mathrm dt. $$ |
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Copied from Cross Validated / stats.stackexchange:
where $S(t)$ is the survival function equal to $1- F(t)$. The two areas are clearly identical. |
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