The distribution of McKay's approximation for the coefficient of variation

Forkman, Johannes; Verrill, Steve

doi:10.1016/j.spl.2007.04.018

Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2008

The distribution of McKay's approximation for the coefficient of variation

Forkman, Johannes; Verrill, Steve

Abstract

McKay's chi-square approximation for the coefficient of variation is type II noncentral beta distributed and asymptotically normal with mean n - 1 and variance smaller than 2(n - 1). (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Keywords

coefficient of variation; McKay's approximation; noncentral beta distribution

Published in

Statistics and Probability Letters
2008, volume: 78, number: 1, pages: 10-14
Publisher: Elsevier

Authors' information

Forkman, Johannes

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Biometry and Engineering

Verrill, Steve

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

UKÄ Subject classification

Probability Theory and Statistics

Publication Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spl.2007.04.018

URI (permanent link to this page)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/17695