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Main Author: Imai, Shunsuke
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.08870
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contents We develop Gaussian approximations for high-dimensional vectors formed by second-order $U$- and $V$-statistics whose kernels depend on sample size under independent but not identically distributed (i.n.i.d.) sampling. Our results hold irrespective of which component of the Hoeffding decomposition is dominant, thereby covering both non-degenerate and degenerate regimes as special cases. By allowing i.n.i.d.~sampling, the class of statistics we analyze includes weighted $U$- and $V$-statistics and two-sample $U$- and $V$-statistics as special cases, which cover estimators of parameters in regression models with many covariates, many-weak instruments as well as a broad class of smoothed two-sample tests and the separately exchangeable arrays, among others. In addition, we develop maximal inequalities for high-dimensional $U$-statistics with size-dependent kernels under the i.n.i.d.~setting, in a form that remains sharp across a broad range of applications, which may be of independent interest.
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spellingShingle Gaussian Approximation for High-Dimensional Second-Order $U$- and $V$-statistics with Size-Dependent Kernels under i.n.i.d. Sampling
Imai, Shunsuke
Statistics Theory
We develop Gaussian approximations for high-dimensional vectors formed by second-order $U$- and $V$-statistics whose kernels depend on sample size under independent but not identically distributed (i.n.i.d.) sampling. Our results hold irrespective of which component of the Hoeffding decomposition is dominant, thereby covering both non-degenerate and degenerate regimes as special cases. By allowing i.n.i.d.~sampling, the class of statistics we analyze includes weighted $U$- and $V$-statistics and two-sample $U$- and $V$-statistics as special cases, which cover estimators of parameters in regression models with many covariates, many-weak instruments as well as a broad class of smoothed two-sample tests and the separately exchangeable arrays, among others. In addition, we develop maximal inequalities for high-dimensional $U$-statistics with size-dependent kernels under the i.n.i.d.~setting, in a form that remains sharp across a broad range of applications, which may be of independent interest.
title Gaussian Approximation for High-Dimensional Second-Order $U$- and $V$-statistics with Size-Dependent Kernels under i.n.i.d. Sampling
topic Statistics Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.08870