[R] statistics

[peter dalgaard]

On Apr 8, 2011, at 20:33 , vikas wrote:

> if X is a binomial variate with parameters n and p, find E[1/(X+1)]
> 

(A) This is not a list for helping people with their homework
(B) This is to be solved using pencil and paper. R can't help you there.
(C) Once you have a solution, you can check the result for any particular n and p with
    sum(dbinom(0:n,n,p)/(1:(n+1)))

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