Estimating the Mahalanobis distance from mixed continuous and discrete data

被引:50
作者
Bedrick, EJ [1 ]
Lapidus, J
Powell, JF
机构
[1] Univ New Mexico, Dept Math & Stat, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA
[2] Oregon Hlth Sci Univ, Dept Publ Hlth & Prevent Med, Portland, OR 97201 USA
[3] Univ New Mexico, Dept Anthropol, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA
关键词
discriminant analysis; distance between populations; multidimensional scaling; multivariate probit model;
D O I
10.1111/j.0006-341X.2000.00394.x
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
We present a method for estimating the Mahalanobis distance between two multivariate normal populations when a subset of the measurements is observed as ordered categorical responses. Asymptotic properties of the proposed estimator are developed. Two examples are discussed.
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页码:394 / 401
页数:8
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