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Finite sampling inequalities: an application to two-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistics

Statistics Theory 2017-02-20 v3 Statistics Theory

Abstract

We review a finite-sampling exponential bound due to Serfling and discuss related exponential bounds for the hypergeometric distribution. We then discuss how such bounds motivate some new results for two-sample empirical processes. Our development complements recent results by Wei and Dudley (2011) concerning exponential bounds for two-sided Kolmogorov - Smirnov statistics by giving corresponding results for one-sided statistics with emphasis on "adjusted" inequalities of the type proved originally by Dvoretzky, Kiefer, and Wolfowitz (1956) and by Massart (1990) for one-sample versions of these statistics.

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@article{arxiv.1502.00342,
  title  = {Finite sampling inequalities: an application to two-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistics},
  author = {Evan Greene and Jon A. Wellner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.00342},
  year   = {2017}
}

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16 pages

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