Noncentral F laws #
For positive degrees of freedom m and n and noncentrality l ≥ 0, the noncentral F law is
the law of the variance ratio (U / m) / (V / n) of independent variables U and V, where
U is noncentral chi-squared with degree m and noncentrality l and V is central
chi-squared with degree n. Invalid degrees give the zero measure.
Since the noncentral chi-squared law is a Poisson mixture of central chi-squared laws, the
noncentral F law is the Poisson mixture, with weights of rate l / 2, of the scaled central F
laws ((m + 2 * j) / m) • F(m + 2 * j, n). This presentation is the route to the density,
distribution function, quantile and moments of the family.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.Probability.noncentralFMeasure— the noncentral F law.
Main results #
TauCeti.Probability.isProbabilityMeasure_noncentralFMeasure— normalization.TauCeti.Probability.noncentralFMeasure_eq_sumandTauCeti.Probability.noncentralFMeasure_eq_bind— the Poisson mixture of scaled central F laws.TauCeti.Probability.noncentralFMeasure_zero_noncentrality— zero noncentrality gives Fisher's F law.TauCeti.Probability.absolutelyContinuous_noncentralFMeasure— the law has a density with respect to Lebesgue measure.TauCeti.Probability.support_noncentralFMeasure— the topological support is[0, ∞).TauCeti.Probability.measurable_noncentralFMeasure— joint parameter measurability.TauCeti.Probability.hasLaw_noncentralF_of_noncentralChiSquared— the random-variable form of the defining ratio.
References #
- N. L. Johnson, S. Kotz, N. Balakrishnan, Continuous Univariate Distributions, vol. 2, second edition, Wiley, 1995, chapter 30.
The noncentral F law with numerator degree m, denominator degree n and noncentrality l:
the law of (U / m) / (V / n) for independent U with law noncentralChiSquaredMeasure m l and
V with law chiSquaredMeasure n. It is the zero measure unless 0 < m and 0 < n.
Instances For
For positive degrees, the noncentral F law is the defining variance-ratio pushforward.
The noncentral F law is a probability measure for positive degrees.
The noncentral F measure is a probability measure exactly when both degrees are positive.
The noncentral F law is a finite measure for every choice of parameters.
The Poisson mixture of scaled central F laws #
The noncentral F law is the Poisson-weighted sum, with weights of rate l / 2, of the
central F laws F(m + 2 * j, n) scaled by (m + 2 * j) / m. For n ≤ 0 both sides are
zero.
The noncentral F law as a Measure.bind mixture of scaled central F laws over the Poisson
law of rate l / 2.
Set evaluation as an extended-real Poisson series; the formula holds for every set.
At zero noncentrality the noncentral F law is Fisher's F law, for every pair of degrees.
The noncentral F law dominates its Poisson-zero component, the central F law with the same
degrees weighted by exp (-l / 2), for every choice of parameters.
Support and absolute continuity #
A noncentral F variable is positive almost surely, for every choice of parameters.
The noncentral F law is absolutely continuous with respect to Lebesgue measure, for every choice of parameters.
The noncentral F law has no atoms, for every choice of parameters.
For positive degrees the topological support is the closed nonnegative half-line, although the variable is positive almost surely.
Parameter measurability #
The full totalized noncentral F family is jointly measurable in its two degrees and its noncentrality.
Random-variable forms #
If X is noncentral chi-squared with degree m and noncentrality l, and Y is an
independent central chi-squared variable with degree n, then the variance ratio
(X / m) / (Y / n) has the noncentral F law.
A variable with a noncentral F law has a probability density function with respect to Lebesgue measure.