On the errors of misclassification based on dichotomous and normal variables

The distribution of the errors of misclassification in procedures based on dichotomous and normal variables is derived. The expressions forE(e 12) andE(e 21) are also obtained. The results in the paper extend those of Chang and Afifi (1974,J. Amer. Statist. Ass.,69, 336–339), using the earlier papers due to John (1961,Ann. Math. Statist.,32, 1125–1144), Subrahmaniam and Chinganda (1978,J. Statist. Plann. Inf.,2, 79–91).