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Which distribution is also known as the Rademacher distribution?
Which distribution is also known as the Rademacher distribution?
- Hoeffding distribution
- Chernoff distribution
- Bernoulli distribution (correct)
- Azuma distribution
What is the upper bound on the probability of the sum of random variables deviating from its mean, according to Bernstein inequalities?
What is the upper bound on the probability of the sum of random variables deviating from its mean, according to Bernstein inequalities?
- 2 exp ( − n ε 2 2 ( 1 - ε 3 ) )
- 2 exp ( − n ε 2 2 ( 1 + ε ) )
- 2 exp ( − n ε 2 2 ( 1 - ε ) )
- 2 exp ( − n ε 2 2 ( 1 + ε 3 ) ) (correct)
Who first proved and published the Bernstein inequalities?
Who first proved and published the Bernstein inequalities?
- Sergei Bernstein (correct)
- Chernoff
- Azuma
- Hoeffding