Graphical tests of independence for general distributions
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Publication:89204
DOI10.1007/S00180-021-01134-YzbMATH Open1505.62133arXiv2008.06327OpenAlexW3184986601MaRDI QIDQ89204FDOQ89204
Tomáš Mrkvička, Jiří Dvořák, T. Mrkvicka
Publication date: 22 July 2021
Published in: Computational Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We propose two model-free, permutation-based tests of independence between a pair of random variables. The tests can be applied to samples from any bivariate distribution: continuous, discrete or mixture of those, with light tails or heavy tails, ldots The tests take advantage of the recent development of the global envelope tests in the context of spatial statistics. Apart from the broad applicability of the tests, their main benefit lies in the graphical interpretation of the test outcome: in case of rejection of the null hypothesis of independence, the combinations of quantiles in the two marginals are indicated for which the deviation from independence is significant. This information can be used to gain more insight into the properties of the observed data and as a guidance for proposing more complicated models and hypotheses. We assess the performance of the proposed tests in a simulation study and compare them to several well-established tests of independence. Furthermore, we illustrate the use of the tests and the interpretation of the test outcome in two real datasets consisting of meteorological reports (daily mean temperature and total daily precipitation, having an atomic component at 0 millimeters) and road accidents reports (type of road and the weather conditions, both variables having categorical distribution).
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.06327
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