Re: F distribution and relation to Beta Help!

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In article <1993Jan21.181433.8679@mloeff01.cpchq.cpc.gmeds.com>
pddxt@chalk.cpceng.cpc.gmeds.com (Dino Triantos 575-4386) writes:
 
>
>I'm working on a problem in Mood, Graybill and Boes that asks to find the
>relationship between the F and Beta distributions.  The problem asks:  If
>X has an F distribution with m and n degrees of freedom, show that
>
>		        mX/n
>		 W =   -------       has a Beta distribution.
>		      1 + mX/n
>
>Any suggestions or solutions would be greatly appreciated!
>
>Dinos Triantos
>GM/Midsize Automotive Division
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>Fax: (313) 575-7270
>E-mail: pddxt@cpceng.cpc.gmeds.com
Try the change of variables x = nu2/(nu2 + nu1F), where F is the F
variate.  Kendall & Stuart (1963) have such an exercise too.

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