Post-clustering difference testing: valid inference and practical considerations
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Publication:86782
DOI10.48550/ARXIV.2210.13172arXiv2210.13172MaRDI QIDQ86782FDOQ86782
Authors: Benjamin Hivert, Denis Agniel, Rodolphe Thiébaut, Boris P Hejblum 
Publication date: 24 October 2022
Abstract: Clustering is part of unsupervised analysis methods that consist in grouping samples into homogeneous and separate subgroups of observations also called clusters. To interpret the clusters, statistical hypothesis testing is often used to infer the variables that significantly separate the estimated clusters from each other. However, data-driven hypotheses are considered for the inference process, since the hypotheses are derived from the clustering results. This double use of the data leads traditional hypothesis test to fail to control the Type I error rate particularly because of uncertainty in the clustering process and the potential artificial differences it could create. We propose three novel statistical hypothesis tests which account for the clustering process. Our tests efficiently control the Type I error rate by identifying only variables that contain a true signal separating groups of observations.
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