Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10328155 | Computational Statistics & Data Analysis | 2005 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
An accurate normal approximation for the cumulative distribution function of the chi-square distribution with n degrees of freedom is proposed. This considers a linear combination of appropriate fractional powers of chi-square. Numerical results show that the maximum absolute error associated with the new transformation is substantially lower than that found for other power transformations of a chi-square random variable for all the degrees of freedom considered (1⩽n⩽1000).
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Authors
Luisa Canal,