Testing for the significance of functional covariates

DOI10.1016/J.JMVA.2020.104648zbMATH Open1448.62207arXiv1406.6227OpenAlexW3035223589MaRDI QIDQ2196131FDOQ2196131

Authors: Samuel Maistre, Valentin Patilea 

Publication date: 28 August 2020

Published in: Journal of Multivariate Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Regression models with a response variable taking values in a Hilbert space and hybrid covariates are considered. This means two sets of regressors are allowed, one of finite dimension and a second one functional with values in a Hilbert space. The problem we address is the test of the effect of the functional covariates. This problem occurs for instance when checking the goodness-of-fit of some regression models for functional data. The significance test for functional regressors in nonparametric regression with hybrid covariates and scalar or functional responses is another example where the core problem is the test on the effect of functional covariates. We propose a new test based on kernel smoothing. The test statistic is asymptotically standard normal under the null hypothesis provided the smoothing parameter tends to zero at a suitable rate. The one-sided test is consistent against any fixed alternative and detects local alternatives `a la Pitman approaching the null hypothesis. In particular we show that neither the dimension of the outcome nor the dimension of the functional covariates influences the theoretical power of the test against such local alternatives. Simulation experiments and a real data application illustrate the performance of the new test with finite samples.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.6227

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zbMATH Keywords

functional data\(U\)-statisticsgoodness-of-fit testkernel smoothing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonparametric hypothesis testing (62G10) Asymptotic properties of nonparametric inference (62G20) Functional data analysis (62R10)

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