On optimal tests for circular reflective symmetry about an unknown central direction

DOI10.1007/S00362-019-01150-7zbMATH Open1477.62132arXiv1707.09272OpenAlexW2995782107MaRDI QIDQ2065299FDOQ2065299

Authors: Jose Ameijeiras-Alonso, Christophe Ley, Arthur Pewsey, Thomas Verdebout 

Publication date: 7 January 2022

Published in: Statistical Papers (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Parametric and semiparametric tests of circular reflective symmetry about an unknown central direction are developed that are locally and asymptotically optimal in the Le Cam sense against asymmetric $k$-sine-skewed alternatives. The results from Monte Carlo studies comparing the rejection rates of tests with those of previously proposed tests lead to recommendations regarding the use of the various tests with small- to medium-sized samples. Analyses of data on the directions of cracks in cemented femoral components and the times of gun crimes in Pittsburgh illustrate the proposed methodology and its bootstrap extension.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.09272

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zbMATH Keywords

circular statisticsLe Cam asymptotic theorysemiparametric testssine-skewed distributions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonparametric hypothesis testing (62G10) Directional data; spatial statistics (62H11) Asymptotic distribution theory in statistics (62E20) Hypothesis testing in multivariate analysis (62H15)

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• CircStats
• circular

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