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On some inequalities for the expectation and variance

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A variety of bounds are obtained for the variance and expectation of a continuous random variable whose p.d.f. is defined over a finite interval. Previous results are shown to be particular cases of the current more general development.

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Cerone, P., Dragomir, S.S. On some inequalities for the expectation and variance. Korean J. Comput. & Appl. Math. 8, 357–380 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02941972

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