A Simple Chi-Squared Test of Spherical Symmetry

A chi-squared test of spherical symmetry is suggested. This test is easy to apply in practice since it is easy to compute and has a limiting chi-squared distribution under spherical symmetry. The result of Park(1998) can be used to show that it has the limiting chi-squared distribution. A simulation study is conducted to study the accuracy, in finite samples, of the limiting distribution. Finally, a simulation study that compares the power of our test with those of other tests of spherical symmetry is performed.