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Generalizing univariate signed rank statistics for testing and estimating a multivariate location parameter 

Authors: Ola HOumlssjer - a; Christophe Croux - b
Affiliations:   a Lund Institute of Technology,
b University of Antwerp,
DOI: 10.1080/10485259508832620
Publication Frequency: 8 issues per year
Published in: journal Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, Volume 4, Issue 3 1995 , pages 293 - 308
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Abstract

We generalize signed rank statistics to dimensions higher than one. This results in a class of orthogonally invariant and distribution free tests that can be used for testing spherical symmetry/location parameter. The corresponding estimator is orthogonally equivariant. Both the test and estimator can be chosen with asymptotic efficiency 1. The breakdown point of the estimator depends only on the scores, not on the dimension of the data. For elliptical distributions, weobtain an affine invariant test with the same asymptotic properties, if the signed rank statisticis applied to standardized data. We also present a method for computing the estimator numerically, and consider a real data example and some simulations. Finally, an application to detection of time-varying signals in spherically symmetric noise is given.
Keywords: Affine invariant tests; asymptotic normality; breakdown point; distribution free tests; elliptical symmetry; orthogonal invariance; spherical symmetry
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