RESEARCH ARTICLE

Generalized T3-plot for testing high-dimensional normality

  • Mingyao AI , 1 ,
  • Jiajuan LIANG 2 ,
  • Man-Lai TANG 3
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  • 1. LMAM, School of Mathematical Sciences and Center for Statistical Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • 2. Department of Marketing, College of Business, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
  • 3. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, School of Business, Hang Seng Management College, Hong Kong, China

Received date: 21 Oct 2014

Accepted date: 27 Jan 2016

Published date: 18 Oct 2016

Copyright

2016 Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

Abstract

A new dimension-reduction graphical method for testing highdimensional normality is developed by using the theory of spherical distributions and the idea of principal component analysis. The dimension reduction is realized by projecting high-dimensional data onto some selected eigenvector directions. The asymptotic statistical independence of the plotting functions on the selected eigenvector directions provides the principle for the new plot. A departure from multivariate normality of the raw data could be captured by at least one plot on the selected eigenvector direction. Acceptance regions associated with the plots are provided to enhance interpretability of the plots. Monte Carlo studies and an illustrative example show that the proposed graphical method has competitive power performance and improves the existing graphical method significantly in testing high-dimensional normality.

Cite this article

Mingyao AI , Jiajuan LIANG , Man-Lai TANG . Generalized T3-plot for testing high-dimensional normality[J]. Frontiers of Mathematics in China, 2016 , 11(6) : 1363 -1378 . DOI: 10.1007/s11464-016-0535-x

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