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Skew-rotationally-symmetric distributions on the unit sphere and related efficient inferential procedures

par Ley, Christophe ;Verdebout, Thomas
Référence Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 159, page (67-81)
Publication Publié, 2017

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Résumé :

Most commonly used distributions on the unit hypersphere Sk−1={v∈Rk:v⊤v=1}, k≥2, assume that the data are rotationally symmetric about some direction θ∈Sk−1. However, there is empirical evidence that this assumption often fails to describe reality. We study in this paper a new class of skew-rotationally-symmetric distributions on Sk−1 that enjoy numerous good properties. We discuss the Fisher information structure of the model and derive efficient inferential procedures. In particular, we obtain the first semi-parametric test for rotational symmetry about a known direction. We also propose a second test for rotational symmetry, obtained through the definition of a new measure of skewness on the hypersphere. We investigate the finite-sample behavior of the new tests through a Monte Carlo simulation study. We conclude the paper with a discussion about some intriguing open questions related to our new models.