On mixture relationships between central and non-central chi-squared difference distributions
Gaunt (2026) introduced and studied the non-central chi-squared difference distribution. One version of this arose as the distribution of the product of the two marginal random variables of the general (non-degenerate) bivariate normal distribution. Initially, I provide an alternative basic argument as to why this is so. The main focus of the article, however, is to extend a number of known mixing relationships between (non-central) chi-squared distributions to the (non-central) chi-squared difference distribution case. In certain circumstances, just a single mixing random variable remains required rather than the two independent ones that are trivially applicable in general.
Authors
- M. C. Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6914-0675)
Institutions
- The Open University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Statistics & Probability Letters
- Published
- 2025-11-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spl.2025.110588
- Primary Topic
- Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00