A characterization of multivariate normal distribution and its application

Zhen-Hai Yang; Kai-Tai Fang; Jia-Juan Liang

doi:10.1016/S0167-7152(95)00238-3

A characterization of multivariate normal distribution and its application

Zhen-Hai Yang, Kai-Tai Fang^*, Jia-Juan Liang

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Let X₁, X₂, ⋯ ,X_n be i.i.d. d-dimensional random vectors with a continuous density. Let S_k = ∑^k_i = ₁ X_iX^T_i, Y_k = S_k^-1/2X_k and Z_k = Y_k/(√1 - Y^T_k Y_k) (k ≥ d). In this paper we find that the distribution of Z_k (or Y_k) can be used for characterizing multivariate normal distribution. This characterization can be employed for testing multivariate normality in terms of the so-called transformation method.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	347-352
Number of pages	6
Journal	Statistics and Probability Letters
Volume	30
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-7152(95)00238-3
Publication status	Published - 15 Nov 1996
Externally published	Yes

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Characterization of multinormality
Multivariate normal distribution
Spherical distribution

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