Mean dependence

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In probability theory, a random variable Y is said to be mean independent of random variable X if and only if E(Y|X) = E(Y) for all x such that ƒ1(x) is not equal to zero. Y is said to be mean dependent if E(Y|X) ≠ μ(y) for some x such that ƒ1(x) is not equal to zero.[clarification needed]

According to Cameron and Trivedi (2009, p. 23) and Wooldridge (2010, pp. 54, 907), Stochastic independence implies mean independence, but the converse is not necessarily true.

Moreover, mean independence implies uncorrelation while the converse is not necessarily true.

The concept of mean independence is often used in econometrics to have a middle ground between the strong assumption of independent variables X_1 \perp{} X_2 and the weak assumption of uncorrelated variables \text{Cov}(X_1,X_2)=0 of a pair of random variables X_1 and X_2.

If X, Y are two different random variables such that X is mean independent of Y and Z=f(X), which means that Z is a function only of X, then Y and Z are mean independent.

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