U-tests for variance components in one-way random effects models

DOI10.1214/193940307000000149arXiv0805.2316MaRDI QIDQ6209532FDOQ6209532

Julio M. Singer, Juvêncio Santos Nobre, Mervyn J. Silvapulle

Publication date: 15 May 2008

Abstract: We consider a test for the hypothesis that the within-treatment variance component in a one-way random effects model is null. This test is based on a decomposition of a $U$-statistic. Its asymptotic null distribution is derived under the mild regularity condition that the second moment of the random effects and the fourth moment of the within-treatment errors are finite. Under the additional assumption that the fourth moment of the random effect is finite, we also derive the distribution of the proposed $U$-test statistic under a sequence of local alternative hypotheses. We report the results of a simulation study conducted to compare the performance of the $U$-test with that of the usual $F$-test. The main conclusions of the simulation study are that (i) under normality or under moderate degrees of imbalance in the design, the $F$-test behaves well when compared to the $U$-test, and (ii) when the distribution of the random effects and within-treatment errors are nonnormal, the $U$-test is preferable even when the number of treatments is small.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Parametric hypothesis testing (62F03) Asymptotic properties of parametric tests (62F05)

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