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New Distance Profile Embedding method enhances statistical independence testing

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Researchers have introduced the Distance Profile Embedding (DPE), a new method for testing independence and conditional independence among random objects in metric spaces. This technique maps these objects into a Hilbert space, preserving distributional information and enabling a unified framework for independence testing. The DPE is notable for being the first method to handle object-valued conditioning variables and provides analytic p-values, avoiding computationally intensive permutation tests. Its effectiveness has been demonstrated through simulations and applications in microbiome and mortality data analysis. AI

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New Distance Profile Embedding method enhances statistical independence testing

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  1. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Wenxi Tan, Bing Li, Lingzhou Xue ·

    Distance Profile Embedding for Independence and Conditional Independence Testing of Random Objects

    arXiv:2607.28981v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Testing independence or conditional independence is fundamental to statistical inference, yet existing methods for non-Euclidean random objects often face a difficult trade-off between geometric flexibility and theoretical tractab…

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