Robust Statistical Modeling Using the t Distribution
使用 t 分布进行稳健统计建模
The t distribution provides a useful extension of the normal for statistical modeling of data sets involving errors with longer-than-normal tails. An analytical strategy based on maximum likelihood for a general model with multivariate t errors is suggested and applied to a variety of problems, including linear and nonlinear regression, robust estimation of the mean and covariance matrix with missing data, unbalanced multivariate repeated-measures data, multivariate modeling…