Moments of a shifted Binomial random variable

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does someone know how to calculate the following expectation?

Assume $B$ binomial distributed with parameter $N\in \mathbb{N}$ and $p\in [0,1]$. Further let $x\in \mathbb{R}$. Define $Y:= B-x$

$\mathbb{E}[(Y)^n]$ for $n\in \mathbb{N}$

Im actually interested in the case $n=4$.

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Note that the MGF of $B-x$ is given by $$M_{B-x}(\xi)=E[e^{\xi (B-x)}]=e^{-\xi x}E[e^{\xi B}]=e^{-\xi x}M_B(\xi)$$ From this you can calculate any moment.