PROFIT: projection-based test in longitudinal functional data

Salil Koner, So Young Park and Ana-Maria Staicu

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, 2024, vol. 36, issue 4, 1036-1063

Abstract: In many modern applications, a dependent functional response is observed for each subject over repeated time, leading to longitudinal functional data. In this paper, we propose a novel statistical procedure to test whether the mean function varies over time. Our approach relies on reducing the dimension of the response using data-driven orthogonal projections, and employs likelihood-based hypothesis testing. We investigate the methodology theoretically and discuss a computationally efficient implementation. The proposed test maintains the Type-1 error rate, and shows excellent power to detect departures from the null hypothesis in finite sample simulation studies. We apply our method to the longitudinal diffusion tensor imaging study of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients to formally assess whether the brain's healthy tissue, as summarised by the fractional anisotropy (FA) profile, degrades over time during the study period.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/10485252.2023.2294885

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