A class of asymptotic tests for principal component vectors (Q796934)

Let \(Y_ 1,...,Y_ n\) be a random sample from a p-variate normal distribution \(N_ p(\mu,\Sigma)\) with \(\Sigma\) nonsingular and let \(S_ n\) be the sample covariance matrix. The eigenvalues of \(\Sigma\) and \(S_ n\) are denoted by \(\lambda_ 1\geq...\geq \lambda_ p>0\) and \({\hat \lambda}{}_ 1\geq...\geq {\hat \lambda}_ p\geq 0\), respectively. Assume that \(\lambda_{i-1}>\lambda_ i\) (if \(i>1)\) and \(\lambda_{i+m- 1}>\lambda_{i+m}\) (if \(i+m\leq p)\). Let \(P_ 0\) be the orthogonal projection onto the eigenspace spanned by the eigenvectors of \(\Sigma\) associated to the roots \(\lambda_ i,...,\lambda_{i+m-1}.\) For a \(p\times r\) matrix A of rank \(r\leq m\), the null hypothesis to be tested is \(H_ 0:P_ 0A=A\). For \({\hat \Omega}=\{{\hat \lambda}_ 1,...,{\hat \lambda}_ p\}\) and \({\hat \omega}=\{{\hat \lambda}_ i,...,{\hat \lambda}_{i+m-1}\}\), define \(U_ n(\nu,A)=A^ t[\sum_{\lambda \in {\hat \omega}}\{\lambda \nu /(\lambda -\nu)^ 2\}\hat P_{\lambda}]A\) where \(\hat P_{\lambda}\) is obtained from the spectral representation of \(S_ n=\sum_{\lambda \in {\hat \Omega}}\lambda \hat P_{\lambda}\). It is shown that \[ W_ n(A)=n\sum_{\nu \in {\hat \Omega}-{\hat \omega}}\{U_ n(\nu,A)\}^{- {1\over2}}A^ t\hat P_{\nu}A\{U_ n(\nu,A)\}^{-{1\over2}} \] has asymptotically a Wishart distribution \(W_ r(p-m,I)\) under the null hypothesis and a noncentral Wishart distribution with the same degrees of freedom and scale matrix under local alternatives. A class of invariant tests for the transformation \(Y_ j\to QY_ j+b\), \(A\to QAB\) for orthogonal matrix Q, \(p\times 1\) vector b and nonsingular matrix B is constructed from the latent roots of \(W_ n(A(A^ tA)^{- {1\over2}})\) which are asymptotically level \(\alpha\) and consistent. Their local powers are obtained. The case when the population distribution is elliptically contoured is also discussed. The results are an extension of an earlier author's work, ibid. 9, 725-736 (1981; Zbl 0474.62051).