Symmetrisation of a class of two-sample tests by mutually considering depth ranks including functional spaces

Statistical depth functions provide measures of the outlyingness, or centrality, of the elements of a space with respect to a distribution. It is a nonparametric concept applicable to spaces of any dimension, for instance, multivariate and functional. Liu and Singh (1993) presented a multivariate tw...

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Autores: Gnettner, Felix, Kirch, Claudia, Nieto Reyes, Alicia|||0000-0002-0268-3322
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/33786
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10902/33786
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Two-sample test
Nonparametric inference
Asymptotics
Rank test
Functional data
Multivariate testing
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Sumario:Statistical depth functions provide measures of the outlyingness, or centrality, of the elements of a space with respect to a distribution. It is a nonparametric concept applicable to spaces of any dimension, for instance, multivariate and functional. Liu and Singh (1993) presented a multivariate two-sample test based on depth-ranks. We dedicate this paper to improving the power of the associated test statistic and incorporating its applicability to functional data. In doing so, we obtain a more natural test statistic that is symmetric in both samples. We derive the null asymptotic of the proposed test statistic, also proving the validity of the testing procedure for functional data. Finally, the finite sample performance of the test for functional data is illustrated by means of a simulation study and a real data analysis on annual temperature curves of ocean drifters is executed.