A comparison of approximations to percentiles of the noncentral chi2-distribution

• Sahai, Hardeo ^[2] ; Ojeda, Mario Miguel ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Veracruzana

     Universidad Veracruzana

     México

     
  2. [2] University of Puerto Rico, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
• Localización: Revista de Matemática: Teoría y Aplicaciones, ISSN 2215-3373, ISSN-e 2215-3373, Vol. 10, Nº. 1-2, 2003, págs. 57-76
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.15517/rmta.v10i1-2.224
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  • español

    Se examinan varias aproximaciones de los percentiles de la distribuci´on 2 nocentrada, debido a su precisi´on en un amplio rango de valores de los par´ametros de ladistribuci´on.Palabras clave:: Distribuci´on de probabilidad, percentiles, aproximaci´on num´erica.

  • English

    Various approximations to percentiles of the noncentral 2-distribution are examinedfor their accuracy over a wide range of values of the parameters of the distribution.Keywords: Probability distribution, percentiles, numerical approximation.

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