Journal
of Statistical
Planning
and Inference
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28 (1991) 263-270
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Fourth exact moment result for improving MRBP based inferences Derrick
S. Tracy and Khushnood
Department
of Mathematics
and Statistics,
Received 21 August 1989; revised Recommended by J.N. Srivastava
Abstract:
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(1982) to analyze of this test statistic moment AMS
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1. Introduction In order to avoid the assumptions required in the classical approach of hypothesis testing, a test based on a permutation procedure for analyzing multivariate data for the randomized block design was introduced by Mielke and Iyer (1982). This technique is appropriate for any number of responses with the condition that the responses are commensurate (e.g., utilizing rank order transformations) and the data is at the ordinal or higher level. Let X,, be a q-variate response for the r-th block and i-th treatment in a randomized block design with b blocks and g treatments. Then the MRBP (multivariate randomized block permutation procedures) test statistic due to Mielke and Iyer (1982) is given by
where A(x, JJ) is a symmetric
where pz
distance
function
defined
as
1 and v>O.
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Under H,: There is no difference in the treatment effects and the permutation distribution of 6 assigns equal probabilities to the (g!)b possible allocations. The asymptotic distribution of 6 is not known except in few cases when 6 is equivalent to well known test statistics. For a p-value 5 a, we reject HO in favour of Hi: The treatments are different. Calculating the exact p-value for an observed value of 6 becomes unreasonable even with moderate values of b and g. Consequently Mielke and Iyer (1982) provided an algorithm to obtain approximate p-values based on the first three exact moments of this test statistic. The distribution of this test statistic is often negatively skewed; see either Brockwell and Mielke (1984) and/or Mielke and Berry (1982) for the special case involving matched pairs. Due to the negative skewness, the distribution of the standardized test statistic is approximated by a Pearson type III distribution; see Iyer, Berry and Mielke (1983), Mielke (1984), Mielke and Iyer (1982). For a good survey of the topic, see Mielke (1986). In this paper we develop the fourth exact moment of this test statistic which may help in obtaining a better approximation than the one based on three exact moments.
2. Expression The MRBP
of d4 test statistic
6= [gb’2)]~1 ;
can be rewritten
as
r;,
i=l
with &= CFzsEi Al where power of 6, for gZ 4, is
n(‘)=n!/(n-t)!
and d~~=d(x,,,x,).
>
Then
the fourth
.
In the following, the running variables used for the g treatments are i, j, k, 1,m, n, o,p. When two or more response measurements occur in the same block for different treatments, the variables used are i, i’, i”, . . . . Similarly, the running variables used for the b blocks are r, s, t, u, u, w,x, y. We use J$ for summation over distinct # blocks. For example,
represents the sum of bc3) terms. In this notation, the expressions
of the above
mentioned
respective
terms are
D.S.
3. Expected
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value
Now we need to take the expectations of all the above mentioned terms. For illustration, the expectation of Cf+j=, Cf,,7,,=, (A:,‘)2(A,:‘)2 in the expansion of <,?tJ2 can be written as i i+j=
; I rfs#1=
=
=
E[(d;:)2($321
1
4 f f i: g
!#I'j=l
$c
i
(D;;)2(D;;‘)2
k=l r#s#/=l
; (D;;)2(D;;)2
with 0;; = d(d;,, dj,,), where x,,= and C symbolizes Using below.
g c d/J/, /= I
if xlr=a,,, otherwise,
Cf+,, CT=, C”,=, in this example.
this notation,
we list the expectations
of the above
mentioned
five terms
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+ ***+
momenffor MRBP inferences 12(g- 1) D{‘D”D’U D”W JS kt MU ox 2
+ ... + *(g-
1) D(rD;irDh D”w kt
JS
iTI”
OX
g6
i
I
i#j#k=
E(&;&) = c
; ( g(g _ l;cg _2) (D;;)2D;.kD,‘:; + g2c;6 1) (D;;)2D;;D;‘; +
32 &--)2
D”Df;‘D&D;‘; Js
Js
+ ... + %-l)k2)
DirD;rD/u D”” Js kt mu ox 2
+
16k-2)
DfrD;‘rD/u JS kt
D”w
MD
OX
g6
+ (g-
l)(g-2) D;;Dil;‘D;;D;;
>
8’
E(t,t,tit,> =
f i+j#kfl=
I
c; (
g(g
+
_
ljtg~ 2)(g
3)
_
,
D;iD;;D:eD;‘;
48 D !rD‘;rD;;‘D;:;’ g2(g- 1>2 Js Js
t . . . + wg
- wg
-
3) ,t,,i’rDlu JS
D””
kt
mu
OX
2 + (g -
I)&
- 2)(g
-
3, D(rDktDmuDox JS
8’
Now by using
relations
such as
/!A
nw
PY
>
.
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267
inferences
or
and adding
similar
terms,
4. Fourth exact moment The following
expression
we get the fourth
exact moment,
for gz4.
of 6 is obtained
for the fourth
exact moment
of 6.
E(S4) = [g@] -4
+ 24(g - l)(LI;;)2I$D;, + 12(g + l)(D;;)*D;D:,‘+
24g(o;~)2o$I;,’
+ 3(g2 - 3g + l)(D;;y(L$y +4(g-
1)2(D;;)3D;-448DJ,‘D&D;DJ~r
- 24DJ,‘D;D;;D&
- 12D;;D&D,‘;D&
- 12(g - 2)(D;;)*D,r’Dg - 24(g - 1)(D~~)2D~D~~~+ 6D;;D;D;sD; f 6D;;D&D;sD;s + 16D;;D~D;;D,~‘+ - 12Dis’D; D& 0;;
+ 24D;;D;D;;D; 6(g - 2)(D,;)*D;‘D~ f D;;DED;‘D;;
48 + g2(g - 1)2 { g2(DJ,‘)2(D;)2 - 2g(D;;)*D,:‘D; - 2g(Dj,‘)‘D,:‘D;‘+
2g(D;;)*DI:‘Dz’
]
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+ g2(g _
Y*(,_2) {g3(D;;)2D;D;-
4g2D;;DFD;;Df
- g2(D;;)2D;Df
- 2g2(D,f;)2D;D;
+ g(D;;)2D,:‘D,F
+ 6gD;;DED;,D$,
- 4(g - 2)D;;D;D;;D~ + 4(g - l)D;;D;D;;Df, + 2g(g - l)D;;DFD;,D;f + 4(g - l)D;;DjyD/;D;f
JS ks
It
+ 2g(D;;)2D;D;, + 4gD;;D;D;;D,:’
nt
+ (g2 - 3g + l)(D;;)2Dl:‘D;
- 4D;;D$D;, + 2D;;DED;‘D;;
02
- 2(g + l)D;;DjyD/;D,$ - 2(g - S)D;;D;D;,D,:s
+ (g - 3)D;;D;‘DnyrD;;
}
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Khan
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/ Fourth
{ g3D;;D;
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- 4g’D;;D;
D;;Dz’
1)3 + 4gD;;D;
D;;D;’
+ 2gD;;D;
D;, 0,;;
-4D~;D~D~,D~~+(g2-3g+3)D;;D$rD;~D;~} +
192
2 { g’D;;D; D~Df;, g3(g - 1) - 2D;;D,:‘D$D;u + 4(g - 1)D;;D;
+ 2D;;D,:‘DtD;,, - 4(g - l)D;;D;D;D;;, 06 D;;, - gD;;Dl:‘D:;‘D;
+ 2(g - l)D;;D,:rD;tDD,k: - 2(g - l)D;;D,:‘D,‘;sD;u + 2(3g - 5)D;;D,:‘D;tD~
- 6(g-
l)DJ,‘D;D;D,m:
- 2(g - 2)D:,‘DI:‘Dl:‘sD,k: - (2g - S)D,,‘D; D,“, 0,:: + 2(g - 2)D;;DrD;D;;
+ 2D;;D,:‘D,~D,:
+ (g - 2)D,‘;D,:‘D,~D;;} 192 + g3(g_ 1) { - 2Dj,‘D$D;‘D;, + g(D;;)2D,:‘Dn;’ - 4 D;;D;‘D;,
+ 4D;;D;Dz
On”: - Dj,‘DFD;,
- D;;DFD,;‘D,:: + g2(g _ ;;(,
+ 2D;;DcD,‘;D;,
_ 2) {g2(D;;)3D::
0;;’ 0,“:
+ D;;D;rD~rD;;}
- 6g(D;:)‘D&D;,
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Acknowledgements Working details for Mielke and Iyer (1982), very kindly supplied by Prof. Paul W. Mielke, Jr., were immensely useful to the authors for the derivations in Section 3. The partial support of this research from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Grant No. A31 11 is gratefully acknowledged.
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