Re: [R] Calculation of ratio distribution properties

2007-05-25 Thread Mike Lawrence
MathCad code failed to attach last time. Here it is. On 25-May-07, at 2:24 PM, Mike Lawrence wrote: I came across this reference: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content? content=10.1080/03610920600683689 The authors sent me code (attached with permission) in MathCad to perform the

Re: [R] Calculation of ratio distribution properties

2007-05-25 Thread Mike Lawrence
According to the paper I cited, there is controversy over the sufficiency of Hinkley's solution, hence their proposed more complete solution. On 25-May-07, at 2:45 PM, Lucke, Joseph F wrote: The exact ratio is given in On the Ratio of Two Correlated Normal Random Variables, D. V.

Re: [R] Calculation of ratio distribution properties

2007-05-25 Thread Ravi Varadhan
of ratio distribution properties According to the paper I cited, there is controversy over the sufficiency of Hinkley's solution, hence their proposed more complete solution. On 25-May-07, at 2:45 PM, Lucke, Joseph F wrote: The exact ratio is given in On the Ratio of Two Correlated Normal

[R] Calculation of ratio distribution properties

2007-05-24 Thread Mike Lawrence
Hi all, Looking to calculate the expected mean and variance of a ratio distribution where the source distributions are gaussian with known parameters and sample values are correlated. I see (from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Ratio_distribution#Gaussian_ratio_distribution) that