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Q155Section III (Statistics)155 of 180

A conditional variance that is really an independence check

X‾2×1∼MN2 ⁣((μ1μ2),(1ρρ1))\uline{X}_{2\times1}\sim MN_2\!\left( \begin{pmatrix}\mu_1\\\mu_2\end{pmatrix}, \begin{pmatrix}1&\rho\\\rho&1\end{pmatrix}\right). Then Var⁡(X1+X2∣X1−X2=Y)\operatorname{Var}(X_1+X_2\mid X_1-X_2=Y) equals:

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