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Re: MultinormalDistribution Question

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On Jul 10, 2:03 am, Steve <s...@epix.net> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Can someone help me with this ?
>
> I have 2 normal distributions; dist1 describes x and dist2 describes
> y. Each are fully defined and are correlated to one another by the
> correlation coefficient. How can I detemine the mean and standard
> deviation of the expected normal distribution that is associated with
> a given x value from dist1 ?
>
> An example:
> mean1 = 5.8
> sigma1 =0 .2
>
> mean2 = 5.3
> sigma2 = 0.2
>
> Correlation Coefficient, rho = 0.6
>
> Given an x value of 6.3 (from dist1) what is the corresponding mean
> and standard deviation of y ?
>
> I can view the combined density function from the following:
>
> Mu = {mean1, mean2}
> CapSigma = {{sigma1^2, rho*sigma1*sigma2} , {rho,  rho*sigma1*sigma2}
> dist = MultinormalDistribution[Mu,CapSigma]
> pdf = PDF[dist,{x,y}]
> plot1 = Plot3D[pdf, {x,4,7},{y,4,7}, PlotRange->All]
>
> but can't see how to determine the mean and the standard deviation of
> y for a given value of x, like 6.3
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Steve

The conditional mean of y given x is (x - mx)*r*sy/sx + my,
and the conditional standard deviation is sy*Sqrt[1 - r^2],
where mx & my are the marginal means,
sx & sy are the marginal standard deviations,
and r is the correlation.

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