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In this into the entire Z space, as indicmted by the limits on the integrals on section we shall investigate the multivariate normal distribution and the right side of the equation. 31 that there exists an orthogonal matrix P such that ing work. In this chapter we shall not discuss the estimating of parameters or the testing of hypotheses about parameters in the multiP'RP = D variate normal. We shall reserve this discussion for a later chapter. i the characteristic roots di of R (which are We shall now define the multivariate normal distribution.
23 If a vector Y is distributed \\ and if Z = PY, where P is an orthogonal matrix, then Z is distributed N(O,a21), also. That is to say, if Y is distributed N(0,CT2 1), any orthogonal transformation leaves the distribution unchanged. 22 we know that Z = PY is normal; so we need only find the mean and covariance matrix of Z, and the proof is complete. 1 Example. ), is given by Q = 3yr + 2y~ -1- 2yi + y¡ + 2y 1Y + 2y3y 4 - Oy 1 2 - 2y 2 - 6y3 - 2y 4 +8 We shall find the following: (1) f(y 1 1y 2 , y 3 , y 4 ), (2) f 1 (y 1 ), (3) Pu> (4) p 1n, and (5) the multiple-correlation coefficient p 1 of y 1 on y 2 , Ya' and Y4· First we shall find R and V.