Applying Change-of-variables to Conditional and Joint Densities

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Suppose we have a conditional density $p(X|Y)$, and that we know $X = f(Z)$ for some function $f$ and a random variable $Z$.

Without the conditionals, we know that $p(X) = p(f^{-1}(X))|\det J(X)|$ where $J$ is the Jacobian of the inverse transform $f^{-1}$ by applying the change of variables theorem.

I am stuck on (maybe overthinking it)
a) applying the change of variables to the conditional density $p(X|Y)$
b) the "reverse" case of applying it to $p(Y|X)$

Any references or explanations would be great