<s>[INST] Calculation of inverse of chi-square's expectation I don't know where to begin to calculate the expectation value of the random variable $1/V$, where $V$ is a random variable with chi-square distribution $\chi^2(\nu)$.
Could somebody help me?
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A random variable $X$ with inverse chi-square distribution has p.d.f
$$\frac{1}{2^{\frac{v}{2}} \Gamma(\frac{v}{2})} x^{-\frac{v}{2}-1} exp\Big(-\frac{1}{2x}\Big), x>0$$
Since it is a proper distribution, we have 
$$\int_0^{\infty}  x^{-\frac{v}{2}-1} exp\Big(-\frac{1}{2x}\Big)dx=1 \rightarrow 2^{\frac{v}{2}} \Gamma(\frac{v}{2})$$
Therefore, the expectation for inverse chi-square distribution is:
$$E(X) = \int_0^{\infty}  x \cdot \frac{1}{2^{\frac{v}{2}} \Gamma(\frac{v}{2})}x^{-\frac{v}{2}-1} exp\Big(-\frac{1}{2x}\Big)dx = \frac{1}{2^{\frac{v}{2}} \Gamma(\frac{v}{2})} \int_0^{\infty} x^{-\frac{v-2}{2}-1} exp\Big(-\frac{1}{2x}\Big)dx$$
$$\frac{1}{2^{\frac{v}{2}} \Gamma(\frac{v}{2})} \cdot 2^{\frac{v-2}{2}}\cdot \Gamma\Big(\frac{v-2}{2}\Big) = \frac{1}{2 \cdot \frac{v-2}{2}} = \frac{1}{v-2}$$
$$E(X^2) = \int_0^{\infty}  x^2 \cdot \frac{1}{2^{\frac{v}{2}} \Gamma(\frac{v}{2})}x^{-\frac{v}{2}-1} exp\Big(-\frac{1}{2x}\Big)dx = \frac{1}{2^{\frac{v}{2}} \Gamma(\frac{v}{2})} \int_0^{\infty} x^{-\frac{v-4}{2}-1} exp\Big(-\frac{1}{2x}\Big)dx$$
$$\frac{1}{2^{\frac{v}{2}} \Gamma(\frac{v}{2})} \cdot 2^{\frac{v-4}{2}}\cdot \Gamma\Big(\frac{v-4}{2}\Big) = \frac{1}{2^2 \cdot \frac{v-2}{2} \cdot \frac{v-4}{2}} = \frac{1}{(v-2)\cdot (v-4)}$$
Therefore, the variance of inverse chi-square distribution is:
$$V(X) = E(X^2) - [E(X)]^2 = \frac{1}{(v-2)\cdot (v-4)} - \Big(\frac{1}{v-2}\Big)^2 = \frac{}{}\frac{2}{(v-2)^2 (v-4)}$$
Hope this helps!
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