A stereographic test of spherical uniformity

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Main Authors: Fernández-de-Marcos, Alberto, García-Portugués, Eduardo
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author Fernández-de-Marcos, Alberto
García-Portugués, Eduardo
author_facet Fernández-de-Marcos, Alberto
García-Portugués, Eduardo
contents We introduce a test of uniformity for (hyper)spherical data motivated by the stereographic projection. The closed-form expression of the test statistic and its null asymptotic distribution are derived using Gegenbauer polynomials. The power against rotationally symmetric local alternatives is provided, and simulations illustrate the non-null asymptotic results. The stereographic test outperforms other tests in a testing scenario with antipodal dependence between observations.
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spellingShingle A stereographic test of spherical uniformity
Fernández-de-Marcos, Alberto
García-Portugués, Eduardo
Statistics Theory
62G10, 62H11
We introduce a test of uniformity for (hyper)spherical data motivated by the stereographic projection. The closed-form expression of the test statistic and its null asymptotic distribution are derived using Gegenbauer polynomials. The power against rotationally symmetric local alternatives is provided, and simulations illustrate the non-null asymptotic results. The stereographic test outperforms other tests in a testing scenario with antipodal dependence between observations.
title A stereographic test of spherical uniformity
topic Statistics Theory
62G10, 62H11
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.13531