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\begin{align*}
\Cov(X, X) \amp = \E\left[ (X - \mu_X)(X - \mu_X)\right] = \E\left[\left(X - \mu_X\right)^2\right] = \Var(X).
\end{align*}
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<div class="para" id="sec-Covariance-4">Also as with variance, the covariance definition formula gives us some useful insight, but it can be unwieldy to work with. There is an alternative formula, analogous to <a href="sec-Variance.html#thm-variance-formula" class="xref" data-knowl="./knowl/xref/thm-variance-formula.html" data-reveal-label="Reveal" data-close-label="Close" title="Theorem 3.2.2">Theorem 3.2.2</a>:<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#sec-Covariance-4" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para">Let <span class="process-math">\(X\)</span> and <span class="process-math">\(Y\)</span> be random variables. Then:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="thm-covariance-formula-1-1-3">
\begin{gather*}
\Cov(X, Y) = \E\left(XY\right) - \E(X)\E(Y).
\end{gather*}
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<div class="para" id="sec-Covariance-7-1-1">Let <span class="process-math">\(X\)</span> and <span class="process-math">\(Y\)</span> be indicator random variables with joint and marginal distributions below.<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#sec-Covariance-7-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<figcaption><span class="type">Table</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">3.3.5<span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span></span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Table 3.3.5: "><a href="#sec-Covariance-7-1-2-2" title="Copy heading and permalink for Table 3.3.5: " aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Table 3.3.5: ">🔗</a></div></figcaption></figure></div>
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<td class="c m b1 r0 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(y\)</span></td>
<td class="c m b1 r0 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(\Pr(Y = y)\)</span></td>
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<td class="c m b0 r0 l0 t0 lines">0</td>
<td class="c m b0 r0 l0 t0 lines">0.3</td>
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<td class="c m b0 r0 l0 t0 lines">1</td>
<td class="c m b0 r0 l0 t0 lines">0.7</td>
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<figcaption><span class="type">Table</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">3.3.6<span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span></span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Table 3.3.6: "><a href="#sec-Covariance-7-1-2-3" title="Copy heading and permalink for Table 3.3.6: " aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Table 3.3.6: ">🔗</a></div></figcaption></figure></div>
</div></div> <div class="para logical" id="sec-Covariance-7-1-3">
<div class="para">Since theyre indicator random variables, we can immediately see that <span class="process-math">\(\E(X) = 0.6\)</span> and <span class="process-math">\(\E(Y) = 0.7\)</span> (see <a href="sec-Expected-Value.html#example-indicator-EV" class="xref" data-knowl="./knowl/xref/example-indicator-EV.html" data-reveal-label="Reveal" data-close-label="Close" title="Example 3.1.5">Example 3.1.5</a>). For <span class="process-math">\(\E(XY)\text{,}\)</span> well traverse cell by cell through the joint distribution table, constructing products of the form <span class="process-math">\(X\)</span>-value times <span class="process-math">\(Y\)</span>-value times probability:</div>
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\begin{align*}
\E(XY) =\, \amp (0)(0)(0.2) + (1)(0)(0.1) \\
\amp (0)(1)(0.2) + (1)(1)(0.5) \\
=\, \amp 0.5.
\end{align*}
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<div class="para">Finally:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" data-contains-math-knowls="./knowl/xref/example-indicator-EV.html" id="sec-Covariance-7-1-3-8">
\begin{gather*}
\Cov(X, Y) = \E(XY) - \E(X)\E(Y) = 0.5 - (0.6)(0.7) = 0.08.
\end{gather*}
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<span class="type">Exercises</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber"></span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="title">Exercises</span>
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<article class="exercise exercise-like" id="exercises-Covariance-1"><h4 class="heading"><span class="codenumber">1<span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span></span></h4>
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<div class="para" id="exercises-Covariance-1-1-1">Calculate the covariance of <span class="process-math">\(X\)</span> and <span class="process-math">\(Y\text{:}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Covariance-1-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
</div> <figure class="table table-like" id="exercises-Covariance-1-1-2"><figcaption><span class="type">Table</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">3.3.7<span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span></span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Table 3.3.7: "><a href="#exercises-Covariance-1-1-2" title="Copy heading and permalink for Table 3.3.7: " aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Table 3.3.7: ">🔗</a></div></figcaption><div class="tabular-box natural-width"><table class="tabular">
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<th scope="col" class="c m b1 r1 l0 t0 lines"></th>
<th scope="col" class="c m b1 r1 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(X = 1\)</span></th>
<th scope="col" class="c m b1 r0 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(X = 2\)</span></th>
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<td class="c m b1 r1 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(Y = 0\)</span></td>
<td class="c m b1 r1 l0 t0 lines">0.12</td>
<td class="c m b1 r0 l0 t0 lines">0.24</td>
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<td class="c m b0 r1 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(Y = 1\)</span></td>
<td class="c m b0 r1 l0 t0 lines">0.3</td>
<td class="c m b0 r0 l0 t0 lines">34</td>
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</table></div></figure><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Exercise 3.3.1"><a href="#exercises-Covariance-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Exercise 3.3.1" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Exercise 3.3.1">🔗</a></div></article><article class="exercise exercise-like" id="exercises-Covariance-2"><h4 class="heading"><span class="codenumber">2<span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span></span></h4>
<div class="para" id="exercises-Covariance-2-1-1">Calculate the covariance of <span class="process-math">\(X\)</span> and <span class="process-math">\(Y\text{:}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Covariance-2-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
</div> <figure class="table table-like" id="exercises-Covariance-2-1-2"><figcaption><span class="type">Table</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">3.3.8<span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span></span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Table 3.3.8: "><a href="#exercises-Covariance-2-1-2" title="Copy heading and permalink for Table 3.3.8: " aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Table 3.3.8: ">🔗</a></div></figcaption><div class="tabular-box natural-width"><table class="tabular">
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<th scope="col" class="c m b1 r1 l0 t0 lines"></th>
<th scope="col" class="c m b1 r1 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(X = 0\)</span></th>
<th scope="col" class="c m b1 r1 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(X = 1\)</span></th>
<th scope="col" class="c m b1 r0 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(X = 2\)</span></th>
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<tr>
<td class="c m b1 r1 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(Y = 0\)</span></td>
<td class="c m b1 r1 l0 t0 lines">0.08</td>
<td class="c m b1 r1 l0 t0 lines">0.16</td>
<td class="c m b1 r0 l0 t0 lines">0.1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="c m b0 r1 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(Y = 1\)</span></td>
<td class="c m b0 r1 l0 t0 lines">0.14</td>
<td class="c m b0 r1 l0 t0 lines">0.2</td>
<td class="c m b0 r0 l0 t0 lines">0.32</td>
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</table></div></figure><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Exercise 3.3.2"><a href="#exercises-Covariance-2" title="Copy heading and permalink for Exercise 3.3.2" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Exercise 3.3.2">🔗</a></div></article><article class="exercise exercise-like" id="exercises-Covariance-3"><h4 class="heading"><span class="codenumber">3<span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span></span></h4>
<div class="para" id="exercises-Covariance-3-1-1">Suppose we roll a fair, 4-sided die two times. Let <span class="process-math">\(X\)</span> be the sum of the rolls, and let <span class="process-math">\(Y\)</span> be the product of the rolls. Find the covariance of <span class="process-math">\(X\)</span> and <span class="process-math">\(Y\text{.}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Covariance-3-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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