The Folded t Distribution

Stelios Psarakis and John Panaretos

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Abstract: Measurements are frequently recorder without their algebraic sign. As a consequence the underlying distribution of measurements is replaced by a distribution of absolute measurements. When the underlying distribution is t the resulting distribution is called the “folded-t distribution”. Here we study this distribution, we find the relationship between the folded-t distribution and a special case of the folded normal distribution and we derive relationships of the folded-t distribution to other distributions pertaining to computer generation. Also tables are presented which give areas of the folded-t distribution

Keywords: Folded distributions; Folded normal distribution; Folded t distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1990
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Published in Communications in Statistics: A Theory and Methods 7.19(1990): pp. 2717-2734

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