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- Subject: Re: F distribution and relation to Beta Help!
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:14:28 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.181433.8679@mloeff01.cpchq.cpc.gmeds.com>
- pddxt@chalk.cpceng.cpc.gmeds.com (Dino Triantos 575-4386) writes:
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- >
- >I'm working on a problem in Mood, Graybill and Boes that asks to find the
- >relationship between the F and Beta distributions. The problem asks: If
- >X has an F distribution with m and n degrees of freedom, show that
- >
- > mX/n
- > W = ------- has a Beta distribution.
- > 1 + mX/n
- >
- >Any suggestions or solutions would be greatly appreciated!
- >
- >Dinos Triantos
- >GM/Midsize Automotive Division
- >Vehicle Systems Analysis
- >C-P-C Engr. Center Rm# G241
- >Fax: (313) 575-7270
- >E-mail: pddxt@cpceng.cpc.gmeds.com
- Try the change of variables x = nu2/(nu2 + nu1F), where F is the F
- variate. Kendall & Stuart (1963) have such an exercise too.
-