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Resampling-Based Multiple Comparison Procedure with Application to Point-Wise Testing with Functional Data
Environmental and Ecological Statistics (2015)
  • Olga A. Vsevolozhskaya, Michigan State University
  • Mark C. Greenwood, Montana State University
  • Scott L. Powell, Montana State University
  • Dmitri V. Zaykin
Abstract
In this paper we describe a coherent multiple testing procedure for correlated test statistics such as are encountered in functional linear models. The procedure makes use of two different p value combination methods: the Fisher combination method and the Šidák correction-based method. p values for Fisher’s and Šidák’s test statistics are estimated through resampling to cope with the correlated tests. Building upon these two existing combination methods, we propose the smallest p value as a new test statistic for each hypothesis. The closure principle is incorporated along with the new test statistic to obtain the overall p value and appropriately adjust the individual p values. Furthermore, a shortcut version for the proposed procedure is detailed, so that individual adjustments can be obtained even for a large number of tests. The motivation for developing the procedure comes from a problem of point-wise inference with smooth functional data where tests at neighboring points are related. A simulation study verifies that the methodology performs well in this setting. We illustrate the proposed method with data from a study on the aerial detection of the spectral effect of below ground carbon dioxide leakage on vegetation stress via spectral responses.
Keywords
  • Combining correlated p values,
  • Functional data analysis,
  • Multiple testing,
  • Permutation procedure
Disciplines
Publication Date
March, 2015
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10651-014-0282-7
Publisher Statement
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Citation Information
Olga A. Vsevolozhskaya, Mark C. Greenwood, Scott L. Powell and Dmitri V. Zaykin. "Resampling-Based Multiple Comparison Procedure with Application to Point-Wise Testing with Functional Data" Environmental and Ecological Statistics Vol. 22 Iss. 1 (2015) p. 45 - 59
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/vsevolozhskaya/6/