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hugomcp

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Registered: 2010-11-29

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probability rank-k

Hello

Let y1,...yn be drawn from a normal distribution with known parameters.
Let x be draw from another distribution with known parameters.

What is the probability that "x" has rank-k, i.e., it appears in the "k" position of the ordered version of {y1,...yn,x}?