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Confused as to how to obtain the cdf of a transformed random variable.
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The above theorem is trying to find the pdf of a transformed random variable, it attempts to do so by "first principles", starting by using the definition of cdf, I don't understand why they have a ##f_X(x)## in the integral wouldn't ##\int_{\{x:r(x)<y\}}r(X) dx## be the correct integral for the cdf of Y.
 
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No. The way ##r(x)## gets into the equation is only in the limit of the integral, ##r(x) \lt y##. Suppose ##r(x) \lt y##. What is the probability (density) of that? It is the probability (density) of that associated ##x## value, which is ##f_X(x)##. So those are the probabilities that we want to total for the integral. (Notice that the integral is with respect to ##dx##, not ##dy##)

PS. I may have ignored the situation where multiple ##x## values give the same ##r(x)##. That still works out because the integral limit allows the associated ##x## densities to be summed
 
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Suppose ##Y=f(X)## and we know the pdf of X. To get the pdf of Y, we can find the CDF of Y ##P(Y<y)## then differentiate it wrt to y to get the pdf.
$$P(Y<y)=P(f(X)<y)$$
And depending on X you have to do an appropriate manipulation to get the cdf of Y. Here's and example, deriving the pdf of a ##\chi^2## function with a deg of freedom of one. This variable here is just ##Z^2##, Z is a standard normal distribution. The pdf of Z is a bit complex but you can find it here.
https://www.thoughtco.com/normal-distribution-bell-curve-formula-3126278 lets call this function f(x).
And cdf of f is ##\int_{-\infty}^{x}f(x) dx## and called F(x). Let X be a standard normal variable, and ##\chi=X^2##. So
$$P(\chi<y)=P(-\sqrt{y}<X<\sqrt{y})$$
which is ##F(\sqrt{y})-F(-\sqrt{y}## differentiating wrt y
$$P(\chi=y)\frac{1}{2\sqrt{y}} f(\sqrt{y})+\frac{1}{2\sqrt{y}} f(\sqrt{y})=\frac{1}{\sqrt{y}} f(\sqrt{y})$$
 
Apologies the website gave gives the formula for the general normal distribution for the standard normal, take ##\sigma=1,\mu=0## in the equation
 
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