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Q80Section III (Statistics)80 of 145

A normal scale mixture with a χ12\chi^2_1 precision: XX is Cauchy

Let X and Y be two random variables defined on the same probability space such that for each y>0y>0, the conditional density function of X given Y=yY=y is f(x∣y)=y2π e−yx2/2f(x\mid y)=\sqrt{\dfrac y{2\pi}}\,e^{-yx^2/2}, y>0y>0, x∈Rx\in\mathbb{R}. Let g(y)=12πye−y/2g(y)=\dfrac1{\sqrt{2\pi y}}e^{-y/2}, y>0y>0. Which of the following statements is more appropriate?

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