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A generalized Mahalanobis distance for mixed data

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  • de Leon, A. R.
  • Carrière, K. C.

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A distance for mixed nominal, ordinal and continuous data is developed by applying the Kullback-Leibler divergence to the general mixed-data model, an extension of the general location model that allows for ordinal variables to be incorporated in the model. The distance obtained can be considered as a generalization of the Mahalanobis distance to data with a mixture of nominal, ordinal and continuous variables. Moreover, it includes as special cases previous Mahalanobis-type distances developed by Bedrick et al. (Biometrics 56 (2000) 394) and Bar-Hen and Daudin (J. Multivariate Anal. 53 (1995) 332). Asymptotic results regarding the maximum likelihood estimator of the distance are discussed. The results of a simulation study on the level and power of the tests are reported and a real-data example illustrates the method.

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  • de Leon, A. R. & Carrière, K. C., 2005. "A generalized Mahalanobis distance for mixed data," Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 92(1), pages 174-185, January.
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