Biometrical Letters Vol. 57(2), 2020, pp. 119-129


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APPLICATION OF THE PV COEFFICIENT AND DISTANCE CORRELATION,
TO THE ANALYSIS OF MULTIVARIATE ASSOCIATION

Malwina Janiszewska1, Anna Szczepanska-Álvarez1,
Emilia Zawieja2

1Department of Mathematical and Statistical Methods, Poznan University of Life
Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 28, PL-60-637 Poznan, Poland,
e-mail: malwina.janiszewska@up.poznan.pl, anna.szczepanska-alvarez@up.poznan.pl
2Institute of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Poznan University of Life Sciences,
Wojska Polskiego 31, PL-60-624 Poznan, Poland,
e-mail: emilia.zawieja@up.poznan.pl


The aim of this paper is to study the association between two random vectors related to two groups of characteristics. To analyze the multivariate association, the pV coefficient and distance correlation are used. Two methods (classical and recent) are compared and illustrated with real data.


pV coefficient, distance correlation, association between two random vectors