Modified confidence intervals for the Mahalanobis distance

Paul H. Garthwaite; Fadlalla G. Elfadaly; John R. Crawford

doi:10.1016/j.spl.2017.03.029

Modified confidence intervals for the Mahalanobis distance

Paul H. Garthwaite^*, Fadlalla G. Elfadaly, John R. Crawford

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Abstract

Reiser (2001) proposes a method of forming confidence interval for a Mahalanobis distance that yields intervals which have exactly the nominal coverage, but sometimes the interval is (0,0). We consider the case where Mahalanobis distance quantifies the difference between an individual and a population mean, and suggest a modification that avoids implausible intervals.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	131-137
Number of pages	7
Journal	Statistics and Probability Letters
Volume	127
Early online date	12 Apr 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spl.2017.03.029
Publication status	Published - Aug 2017

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The work reported here was supported by a project grant from the Medical Research Council, Grant Number MR/J013838/1.

Keywords

Credible interval
Noncentral F
Objective prior

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Modified confidence intervals for the Mahalanobis distance

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