Chi-square Distribution

Sunday, 18 August 2019

8:12 PM

Sampling distribution of  when the population is normal

 

 

If  is a random sample from a normal population with mean  and variance  then

 

Where  denotes the chi-square distribution with  degrees of freedom

 

 

Machine generated alternative text:
8. Inferences concerning a varianæ 
The x2-distribution 
8.2 Estimation ot a variance 
A random variable, say X, is said to follow the chi-square-distribution 
with v degrees of freedom, i.e. 
if its probability density function is given by 
1 
17/2-1 -x/2 
f(x) — 
for x > 0 
x 
= [0, +00) 
2v/2r (U) 
for some integer v 
Note: the Gamma function is given by 
xy 1 e-x dx 
It can be shown that r (y) (y 1) x r (y — 1), so that, if y is a positive 
for y > 0 
integer n, 
There is usually no simple expression for the x2-cdf. 
MATH20gg,'285g (Statistics) 
Dr Jia Deng

 

NOT SYMMETRIC

 

Confidence interval:

 

 

 

 

 

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