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On the quantiles of the gamma and F distributions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

I. W. Saunders  and
P. A. P. Moran
I. W. Saunders
Affiliation:
CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics, Canberra
P. A. P. Moran
Affiliation:
The Australian National University, Canberra
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Abstract

We show, in the context of a neurobiological problem, that ζ a(α)−ζ a(β) increases with a, while ζ a (α)/ζ a (β) decreases with a, where 0 < β < α < 1 and ζ a (α) is the α th quantile of either the gamma distribution with shape parameter a, or a scaled F distribution with parameters 2a and 2m for any m.

Keywords

F DISTRIBUTIONGAMMA DISTRIBUTIONQUANTILESORDERING IN DISPERSION
Type
Short Communications
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , June 1978 , pp. 426 - 432
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1978 

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