Estimating the Mahalanobis distance from mixed continuous and discrete data

Authors
Bedrick, EJ Lapidus, J Powell, JF
Citation
Ej. Bedrick et al., Estimating the Mahalanobis distance from mixed continuous and discrete data, BIOMETRICS, 56(2), 2000, pp. 394-401
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Multidisciplinary
Journal title
BIOMETRICS
ISSN journal
0006341X → ACNP
Volume
56
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
394 - 401
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-341X(200006)56:2<394:ETMDFM>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We present a method for estimating the Mahalanobis distance between two mul tivariate normal populations when a subset of the measurements is observed as ordered categorical responses. Asymptotic properties of the proposed est imator are developed. Two examples are discussed.