Asymptotic representations for Spearman's footrule correlation coefficient

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Main Authors: Xia, Liqi, Guan, Li, Xu, Weimin
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author Xia, Liqi
Guan, Li
Xu, Weimin
author_facet Xia, Liqi
Guan, Li
Xu, Weimin
contents In order to address the theoretical challenges arising from the dependence structure of ranks in Spearman's footrule correlation coefficient, we propose two asymptotic representations to approximate the distribution of this coefficient under the hypothesis of independence. The first representation simplifies the dependence structure by replacing empirical distribution functions with their population counterparts. The second representation leverages the Hájek projection technique to decompose the initial form into a sum of independent components, thereby rigorously justifying asymptotic normality. Simulation studies demonstrate the appropriateness of two proposed asymptotic representations, as well as their excellent approximation to the limiting normal distribution.
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spellingShingle Asymptotic representations for Spearman's footrule correlation coefficient
Xia, Liqi
Guan, Li
Xu, Weimin
Statistics Theory
In order to address the theoretical challenges arising from the dependence structure of ranks in Spearman's footrule correlation coefficient, we propose two asymptotic representations to approximate the distribution of this coefficient under the hypothesis of independence. The first representation simplifies the dependence structure by replacing empirical distribution functions with their population counterparts. The second representation leverages the Hájek projection technique to decompose the initial form into a sum of independent components, thereby rigorously justifying asymptotic normality. Simulation studies demonstrate the appropriateness of two proposed asymptotic representations, as well as their excellent approximation to the limiting normal distribution.
title Asymptotic representations for Spearman's footrule correlation coefficient
topic Statistics Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.01825