Part b) Find the second moment of Y using E[Y²] =E, y°p(y) (finding the first moment using any other method will result in no credit, so do not use a moment generating function).

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Part b) Find the second moment of Y using E[Y²] = E, y²p(y) (finding the first moment using
any other method will result in no credit, so do not use a moment generating function).
Transcribed Image Text:Part b) Find the second moment of Y using E[Y²] = E, y²p(y) (finding the first moment using any other method will result in no credit, so do not use a moment generating function).
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The second order moment of the poisson distribution is given by,

Ey=y=0y2py=y=0y2e-λλyy!=e-λy=1yλyy-1!=e-λy=1y-1+1λyy-1!=e-λy=1y-1λyy-1!+e-λy=1λyy-1!=e-λy=2λyy-2!+e-λy=1λyy-1!=e-λλ2y=2λy-2y-2!+λe-λy=1λy-1y-1!

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