Testing the equality of estimable parameters across many populations
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| author | Romero-Madroñal, Marcos Sillero-Denamiel, María de los Remedios Jiménez-Gamero, María Dolores |
| author_facet | Romero-Madroñal, Marcos Sillero-Denamiel, María de los Remedios Jiménez-Gamero, María Dolores |
| contents | The comparison of a parameter in $k$ populations is a classical problem in statistics. Testing for the equality of means or variances are typical examples. Most procedures designed to deal with this problem assume that $k$ is fixed and that samples with increasing sample sizes are available from each population. This paper introduces and studies a test for the comparison of an estimable parameter across $k$ populations, when $k$ is large and the sample sizes from each population are small when compared with $k$. The proposed test statistic is asymptotically distribution-free under the null hypothesis of parameter homogeneity, enabling asymptotically exact inference without parametric assumptions. Additionally, the behaviour of the proposal is studied under alternatives. Simulations are conducted to evaluate its finite-sample performance, and a linear bootstrap method is implemented to improve its behaviour for small $k$. Finally, an application to a real dataset is presented. |
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| spellingShingle | Testing the equality of estimable parameters across many populations Romero-Madroñal, Marcos Sillero-Denamiel, María de los Remedios Jiménez-Gamero, María Dolores Statistics Theory Methodology The comparison of a parameter in $k$ populations is a classical problem in statistics. Testing for the equality of means or variances are typical examples. Most procedures designed to deal with this problem assume that $k$ is fixed and that samples with increasing sample sizes are available from each population. This paper introduces and studies a test for the comparison of an estimable parameter across $k$ populations, when $k$ is large and the sample sizes from each population are small when compared with $k$. The proposed test statistic is asymptotically distribution-free under the null hypothesis of parameter homogeneity, enabling asymptotically exact inference without parametric assumptions. Additionally, the behaviour of the proposal is studied under alternatives. Simulations are conducted to evaluate its finite-sample performance, and a linear bootstrap method is implemented to improve its behaviour for small $k$. Finally, an application to a real dataset is presented. |
| title | Testing the equality of estimable parameters across many populations |
| topic | Statistics Theory Methodology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06763 |