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One and two sample Dvoretzky-Kiefer-Wolfowitz-Massart type inequalities for differing underlying distributions

Statistics Theory 2024-09-27 v1 Statistics Theory

Abstract

Kolmogorov-Smirnov (KS) tests rely on the convergence to zero of the KS-distance d(Fn,G)d(F_n,G) in the one sample case, and of d(Fn,Gm)d(F_n,G_m) in the two sample case. In each case the assumption (the null hypothesis) is that F=GF=G, and so d(F,G)=0d(F,G)=0. In this paper we extend the Dvoretzky-Kiefer-Wolfowitz-Massart inequality to also apply to cases where FGF \neq G, i.e. when it is possible that d(F,G)>0d(F,G) > 0.

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@article{arxiv.2409.18087,
  title  = {One and two sample Dvoretzky-Kiefer-Wolfowitz-Massart type inequalities for differing underlying distributions},
  author = {Nicolas G. Underwood and Fabien Paillusson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.18087},
  year   = {2024}
}

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6 pages, 1 figure

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