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The interval testing procedure: A general framework for inference in functional data analysis

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  • Alessia Pini
  • Simone Vantini

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type="main" xml:lang="en"> We introduce in this work the Interval Testing Procedure (ITP), a novel inferential technique for functional data. The procedure can be used to test different functional hypotheses, e.g., distributional equality between two or more functional populations, equality of mean function of a functional population to a reference. ITP involves three steps: (i) the representation of data on a (possibly high-dimensional) functional basis; (ii) the test of each possible set of consecutive basis coefficients; (iii) the computation of the adjusted p-values associated to each basis component, by means of a new strategy here proposed. We define a new type of error control, the interval-wise control of the family wise error rate, particularly suited for functional data. We show that ITP is provided with such a control. A simulation study comparing ITP with other testing procedures is reported. ITP is then applied to the analysis of hemodynamical features involved with cerebral aneurysm pathology. ITP is implemented in the fdatest R package.

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  • Alessia Pini & Simone Vantini, 2016. "The interval testing procedure: A general framework for inference in functional data analysis," Biometrics, The International Biometric Society, vol. 72(3), pages 835-845, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:biomet:v:72:y:2016:i:3:p:835-845
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    1. Qiu, Zhiping & Chen, Jianwei & Zhang, Jin-Ting, 2021. "Two-sample tests for multivariate functional data with applications," Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 157(C).
    2. A. Pini & S. Vantini, 2017. "Interval-wise testing for functional data," Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(2), pages 407-424, April.
    3. Pini, Alessia & Sørensen, Helle & Tolver, Anders & Vantini, Simone, 2023. "Local inference for functional linear mixed models," Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 181(C).
    4. Carissimo, Annamaria & Cutillo, Luisa & Feis, Italia De, 2018. "Validation of community robustness," Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 120(C), pages 1-24.
    5. Kraus, David, 2019. "Inferential procedures for partially observed functional data," Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 173(C), pages 583-603.
    6. Pini, Alessia & Spreafico, Lorenzo & Vantini, Simone & Vietti, Alessandro, 2019. "Multi-aspect local inference for functional data: Analysis of ultrasound tongue profiles," Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 170(C), pages 162-185.
    7. Pini, Alessia & Stamm, Aymeric & Vantini, Simone, 2018. "Hotelling’s T2 in separable Hilbert spaces," Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 167(C), pages 284-305.
    8. Aneiros, Germán & Cao, Ricardo & Fraiman, Ricardo & Genest, Christian & Vieu, Philippe, 2019. "Recent advances in functional data analysis and high-dimensional statistics," Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 170(C), pages 3-9.
    9. Codazzi, Laura & Colombi, Alessandro & Gianella, Matteo & Argiento, Raffaele & Paci, Lucia & Pini, Alessia, 2022. "Gaussian graphical modeling for spectrometric data analysis," Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 174(C).

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