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On testing mean of high dimensional compositional data

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  • Jiang, Qianqian
  • Li, Wenbo
  • Li, Zeng

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We investigate one/two-sample mean tests for high-dimensional compositional data when the number of variables is comparable with the sample size, as commonly encountered in microbiome research. Existing methods mainly focus on max-type test statistics which are suitable for detecting sparse signals. However, in this paper, we introduce a novel approach using sum-type test statistics which are capable of detecting weak but dense signals. By establishing the asymptotic independence between the max-type and sum-type test statistics, we further propose a combined max-sum type test to cover both cases. We derived the asymptotic null distributions and power functions for these test statistics. Simulation studies and real data applications demonstrate the superiority of our max-sum type test statistics which exhibit robust performance regardless of data sparsity.

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  • Jiang, Qianqian & Li, Wenbo & Li, Zeng, 2025. "On testing mean of high dimensional compositional data," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 222(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:stapro:v:222:y:2025:i:c:s0167715225000410
    DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2025.110396
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