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Rueful Rabbit

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Feb 20, 2012, 2:11:35 PM2/20/12
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Hi All,

I posted this to stats.prediction in error ....

Suppose you have a bivariate func as follows ...

f(x,y) = 1 + theta(1-2x)(1-2y) 0<=x<=1 & 0<=x<=1

I want to find the values of theta that make this a valid pdf.

When I integrate w.r.t x and w.r.t. y, _I_ find that Theta can be any
value as the terms in x and y integrate to zero.

Am I missing a trick here?
Thanks, James.

Ray Koopman

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Feb 20, 2012, 3:37:03 PM2/20/12
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On Feb 20, 11:11 am, Rueful Rabbit <rabbit.rue...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I posted this to stats.prediction in error ....

I've already answered there.
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