Show that for ν2 > 2 the mean of the F distributionis ν2ν2 − 2 , making use of the definition of F in Theo-rem 14 and the fact that for a random variable V having the chi-square distribution with ν2 degrees of freedom,E 1V = 1ν2 − 2.

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Show that for ν2 > 2 the mean of the F distribution
is ν2
ν2 − 2
, making use of the definition of F in Theo-
rem 14 and the fact that for a random variable V having
the chi-square distribution with ν2 degrees of freedom,
E
 1
V
= 1
ν2 − 2
.
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