st: RE: Wishart distribution

["FEIVESON, ALAN H. (AL) (JSC-SK) (NASA)" <alan.h.feiveson@nasa.gov>]

Naji - I assume that all you have is S, not the original data - otherwise
you could test if the original data is distributed as multivariate Normal.
Is this the case?
Al Feiveson

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Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 7:34 AM
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Subject: st: Wishart distribution


Hi all,

Some question about covariance matrix and Wishart dist.
I've a theorical covariance matrix S.
Suppose X RandomNormal(N,p)*CholDecomposition(S) a random correlated
variable.
- What is the theoretical distribution of X covariance (Wishart(S,nobs)?)
- How can I test whether an observed covariance (from a sample size) follow
the theoretical distribution.

Thanks & Best Regards
Naji


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