Mahalanobis distance

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The Mahalanobis distance is a statistical measure developed by Indian statistician P.C. Mahalanobis to compare two data sets. It accounts for the correlations between variables and is used to find patterns in data. Mahalanobis also devised methods for large-scale sample surveys and applied statistics to socioeconomic conditions and economic planning. He founded the Indian Statistical Institute and was instrumental in India's industrialization strategy.12

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P.C. Mahalanobis
…is now known as the Mahalanobis distance. He introduced innovative techniques for conducting large-scale sample surveys and calculated acreages and crop yields by using the method of random sampling. He devised a statistical method called fractile graphical analysis, which could be used to compare the socioeconomic conditions of different groups…
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…is now known as the Mahalanobis distance. He introduced innovative techniques for conducting large-scale sample surveys and calculated acreages and crop yields by using the method of random sampling. He devised a statistical method called fractile graphical analysis, which could be used to compare the socioeconomic conditions of different groups…
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