Snedecor's F-distribution

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:organization
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:F-distribution
gptkbp:application hypothesis testing
comparing variances
gptkbp:category statistical distributions
gptkbp:cumulativeDistributionFunction involves regularized incomplete beta function
gptkbp:field statistics
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1930s
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Snedecor's F-distribution
gptkbp:meaning d2/(d2-2) for d2>2
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:George_W._Snedecor
gptkbp:parameter degrees of freedom denominator
degrees of freedom numerator
gptkbp:pdf f(x; d1, d2) = [d1^{d1/2} d2^{d2/2} x^{(d1/2)-1}] / [B(d1/2, d2/2) (d1 x + d2)^{(d1+d2)/2}]
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:beta_distribution
gptkb:chi-squared_distribution
gptkbp:supports x > 0
gptkbp:type continuous distribution
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:analysis_of_variance
statistical analysis
gptkbp:variant [2 d2^2 (d1+d2-2)]/[d1 (d2-2)^2 (d2-4)] for d2>4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:George_W._Snedecor
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6