The asymptotic distributions of incomplete U-statistics
Tóm tắt
An incomplete U-statistic is obtained by sampling the terms of an U-statistic. This paper derives the asymptotic distribution (if the variance is finite). Depending on the number of sampled terms, the resulting distribution is either the same as for the U-statistic, a normal distribution, or something intermediate. Also the case of a non-random sampling of the terms is treated. As an example, a non-parametric test of the independence of two circular random variables is studied. The results are generalized to generalized U-statistics.
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