Testing Conditional Mean Independence Using Generative Neural Networks

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2501.17345v1
• Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 23:35:24 GMT
• Title: Testing Conditional Mean Independence Using Generative Neural Networks
• Authors: Yi Zhang, Linjun Huang, Yun Yang, Xiaofeng Shao,
• Abstract summary: We introduce a novel population CMI measure and a bootstrap model-based testing procedure. Deep generative neural networks are used to estimate the conditional mean functions involved in the population measure.
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• Abstract: Conditional mean independence (CMI) testing is crucial for statistical tasks including model determination and variable importance evaluation. In this work, we introduce a novel population CMI measure and a bootstrap-based testing procedure that utilizes deep generative neural networks to estimate the conditional mean functions involved in the population measure. The test statistic is thoughtfully constructed to ensure that even slowly decaying nonparametric estimation errors do not affect the asymptotic accuracy of the test. Our approach demonstrates strong empirical performance in scenarios with high-dimensional covariates and response variable, can handle multivariate responses, and maintains nontrivial power against local alternatives outside an $n^{-1/2}$ neighborhood of the null hypothesis. We also use numerical simulations and real-world imaging data applications to highlight the efficacy and versatility of our testing procedure.

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