A bivariate test for location based on simplicial depth

Timothy J. Killeen and Thomas P. Hettmansperger

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 2021, vol. 50, issue 17, 3954-3971

Abstract: We translate the simplicial data depth concept of Liu (1990) into a bivariate test of location that is distribution free under the assumption of angular symmetry about zero, without loss of generality. The test statistic is a count of the number of data triangles that contain zero and rejects the null hypothesis for small values of the test statistic. A straightforward method for computing this statistic is provided. The exact null distribution is computed and tabled for n ≤ 15, the asymptotic null distribution is derived and a formula for approximate critical values is provided. Simulations show that the power of the test is comparable to other bivariate sign type tests. The analogous one dimensional distribution free test is found to be equivalent to a two sided one sample sign test. These ideas are then extended to three dimensions, where we show that, surprisingly, the test is not generally distribution free under the null hypothesis.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/03610926.2019.1710205

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