QuickMMCTest -- quick multiple Monte Carlo testing
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Author(s)
Gandy, A
Hahn, G
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Multiple hypothesis testing is widely used to evaluate scientific studies
involving statistical tests. However, for many of these tests, p-values are not
available and are thus often approximated using Monte Carlo tests such as
permutation tests or bootstrap tests. This article presents a simple algorithm
based on Thompson Sampling to test multiple hypotheses. It works with arbitrary
multiple testing procedures, in particular with step-up and step-down
procedures. Its main feature is to sequentially allocate Monte Carlo effort,
generating more Monte Carlo samples for tests whose decisions are so far less
certain. A simulation study demonstrates that for a low computational effort,
the new approach yields a higher power and a higher degree of reproducibility
of its results than previously suggested methods.
involving statistical tests. However, for many of these tests, p-values are not
available and are thus often approximated using Monte Carlo tests such as
permutation tests or bootstrap tests. This article presents a simple algorithm
based on Thompson Sampling to test multiple hypotheses. It works with arbitrary
multiple testing procedures, in particular with step-up and step-down
procedures. Its main feature is to sequentially allocate Monte Carlo effort,
generating more Monte Carlo samples for tests whose decisions are so far less
certain. A simulation study demonstrates that for a low computational effort,
the new approach yields a higher power and a higher degree of reproducibility
of its results than previously suggested methods.
Date Issued
2016-05-04
Date Acceptance
2016-04-17
Citation
Statistics and Computing, 2016, 27 (3), pp.823-832
ISSN
1573-1375
Publisher
Springer Verlag (Germany)
Start Page
823
End Page
832
Journal / Book Title
Statistics and Computing
Volume
27
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11222-016-9656-z
Subjects
stat.AP
stat.AP
Publication Status
Published