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Confidence intervals for all of the characteristic roots of a sample covariance matrix are derived. Using a perturbation expansion, we obtain a new confidence interval for these roots. Then, we propose another confidence interval based on the results of Monte Carlo simulations. Since it is based on simulations, this new confidence interval is both narrower and more accurate than others when the difference between the largest and smallest characteristic roots of the population covariance matrix is large.
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Sakaori, F., Yamada, T., Kawamura, A. et al. A new confidence interval for all characteristic roots of a covariance matrix. Computational Statistics 22, 121–131 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00180-007-0028-1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00180-007-0028-1