Multivariate tests of associations based on univariate tests
Ruth Heller · Apr 8, 2016
Date: 2016-04-08 Time: 15:30-16:30 Location: BURN 1205 Abstract: For testing two random vectors for independence, we consider testing whether the distance of one vector from an arbitrary center point is independent from the distance of the other vector from an arbitrary center point by a univariate test. We provide conditions under which it is enough to have a consistent univariate test of independence on the distances to guarantee that the power to detect dependence between the random vectors increases to one, as the sample size increases.