Asymptotic Distribution of a Nonparametric Multivariate Test Statistic for Independence

  • Published : 2001.04.30

Abstract

A multivariate statistic based on interdirection is proposed for detecting dependence among many vectors. The asymptotic distribution of the proposed statistic is derived under the null hypothesis of independence. Also we find the asymptotic distribution under the alternatives contiguous to the null hypothesis, which is needed for later use of computing relative efficiencies.

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