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On the Conditional Distribution of the Multivariate $t$ Distribution

Authors :
Peng Ding
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

As alternatives to the normal distributions, $t$ distributions are widely applied in robust analysis for data with outliers or heavy tails. The properties of the multivariate $t$ distribution are well documented in Kotz and Nadarajah's book, which, however, states a wrong conclusion about the conditional distribution of the multivariate $t$ distribution. Previous literature has recognized that the conditional distribution of the multivariate $t$ distribution also follows the multivariate $t$ distribution. We provide an intuitive proof without directly manipulating the complicated density function of the multivariate $t$ distribution.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....6b1a895c20060da2502b9839018d73f2