Statistical IndependenceWhat Does It Mean?

Two random variables x & y are

statistically independent if

(1) P(x/y) = P(x)

or (p. 27 Ramanthan)

(2) P(x & y) = P(x)P(y)

Would the returns to IBM and AT&T

Be Statistically Independent?

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