PROFIT: Projection-based Test in Longitudinal Functional Data

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Autori principali: Koner, Salil, Park, So Young, Staicu, Ana-Maria
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author Koner, Salil
Park, So Young
Staicu, Ana-Maria
author_facet Koner, Salil
Park, So Young
Staicu, Ana-Maria
contents 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 it employs a likelihood-based hypothesis testing. We investigate the methodology theoretically and discuss a computationally efficient implementation. The proposed test maintains the type I 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 health tissue, as summarized by fractional anisotropy (FA) profile, degrades over time during the study period.
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Koner, Salil
Park, So Young
Staicu, Ana-Maria
Methodology
Applications
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 it employs a likelihood-based hypothesis testing. We investigate the methodology theoretically and discuss a computationally efficient implementation. The proposed test maintains the type I 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 health tissue, as summarized by fractional anisotropy (FA) profile, degrades over time during the study period.
title PROFIT: Projection-based Test in Longitudinal Functional Data
topic Methodology
Applications
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.11355