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Feb 20, 2019 at 20:34 comment added Synia If you look for a random variable $Z_N$ s.t. $\mathbb{E}(Z_N^p) = {N\choose p}^{-1}$ for $p\leq N$ and undefined for $p \geq N+1$, you can have it with the ratio of an independent $ \boldsymbol{e}\sim $Exp(1) random variable and $ \gamma_{N + 1}\sim$Gamma($N + 1$) random variable. You can check that $ \mathbb{E}((\boldsymbol{e}/\gamma_{N + 1})^p ) = 1/{N\choose p} $.
Feb 17, 2019 at 15:43 history edited Carlo Beenakker CC BY-SA 4.0
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Feb 17, 2019 at 7:10 vote accept Felipe Augusto de Figueiredo
Feb 16, 2019 at 18:54 vote accept Felipe Augusto de Figueiredo
Feb 17, 2019 at 7:10
Feb 16, 2019 at 18:48 history edited Carlo Beenakker CC BY-SA 4.0
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Feb 16, 2019 at 18:42 history answered Carlo Beenakker CC BY-SA 4.0