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expected value of the esimated covariance matrix

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From: Behzad M Shahshahani
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 16:36
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I forgot to mention that I am interested in the multivariate case.
Therefore here is my question again:
Assuming that the covariance matrix is estimated from a set of
multivariate normal observation, and the usual unbiased estimator S is
used, then what is the expected value of the inverse of matrix S ?

-behzad
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From: behzad@ec.ecn.purdue.edu (Behzad M Shahshahani)
Subject: expected value of the esimated covariance matrix
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