Chia C Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Glen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Do you want to make any assumptions about the form of the conditional,
> > or the joint, or any of the marginals?
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> Well, the X & Y are dependent and hence there are being descibed by a joint
> PDF.
This much is clear.
> I am not sure what other assumption I can make though..
I merely though you may have domain specific knowledge of the variables and
their likely relationships which might inform the choice a bit (cut down the
space
of possibilities).
Can you at least indicate whether any of them are restricted to be positive?
Glen
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