Testing for ordered alternatives in heteroscedastic ANOVA under normality

Anjana Mondal (), Markus Pauly () and Somesh Kumar ()
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Anjana Mondal: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Markus Pauly: Technical University Dortmund
Somesh Kumar: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Statistical Papers, 2023, vol. 64, issue 6, No 5, 1913-1941

Abstract: Abstract In a one-way design with unknown and unequal error variances, we are interested in testing the null hypothesis $$H_0:\mu _1=\mu _2=\cdots =\mu _k$$ H 0 : μ 1 = μ 2 = ⋯ = μ k against the ordered alternative $$H_1:\mu _1\le \mu _2\le \cdots \le \mu _k$$ H 1 : μ 1 ≤ μ 2 ≤ ⋯ ≤ μ k (with at least one strict inequality). We propose the likelihood ratio test (LRT) as well as two Min-T tests (Min-T and AMin-T) and study their asymptotic behaviour. For better finite sample properties, a parametric bootstrap procedure is used. Asymptotic accuracy of the parametric bootstrap is established. Simulation results show that all the tests control the nominal level in case of small, moderate, and highly unbalanced sample sizes. This even holds for combinations with large variances. However, the asymptotic likelihood ratio test (ALRT) achieves the nominal size only for large samples and $$k=3$$ k = 3 . Power comparisons between LRT and Min-T test show that the LRT has more power than Min-T. However, the Min-T test is easier to use as it does not require evaluation of MLEs. Similar observations are made while comparing ALRT and AMin-T test. The robustness of these tests under departure from normality is also investigated by considering five non-normal distributions (t-distribution, Laplace, exponential, Weibull, and lognormal). When high variances are combined with small or highly unbalanced sample sizes, the tests are observed to be robust only for symmetric distributions. If variances of groups are equal and sample sizes of each group are at least 10, the proposed tests perform satisfactorily for symmetric and skewed distributions. R packages are developed for all tests and a practical example is provided to illustrate their application.

Keywords: ANOVA; Heteroscedasticity; Likelihood ratio test; Parametric bootstrap; Critical points; Robustness; 62F40; 62F05 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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