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Independent component (IC) models are a standard tool for representing multivariate data in statistics, signal processing, and machine learning. Despite the extensive use of IC models, much less attention has been given to goodness-of-fit…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Mingshuo Liu , Siyao Wang , Miles E. Lopes

Identification of joint dependence among more than two random vectors plays an important role in many statistical applications, where the data may contain sensitive or confidential information. In this paper, we consider the the…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2025-04-10 Xingwei Liu , Yuexin Chen , Wangli Xu

We investigate the problems of identity and closeness testing over a discrete population from random samples. Our goal is to develop efficient testers while guaranteeing Differential Privacy to the individuals of the population. We describe…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-07-19 Maryam Aliakbarpour , Ilias Diakonikolas , Ronitt Rubinfeld

The classic chi-squared statistic for testing goodness-of-fit has long been a cornerstone of modern statistical practice. The statistic consists of a sum in which each summand involves division by the probability associated with the…

Computation · Statistics 2015-03-17 William Perkins , Mark Tygert , Rachel Ward

Differential privacy is a de facto standard in data privacy, with applications in the public and private sectors. A way to explain differential privacy, which is particularly appealing to statistician and social scientists is by means of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-08-28 Borja Balle , Gilles Barthe , Marco Gaboardi , Justin Hsu , Tetsuya Sato

Kernel two-sample testing is a useful statistical tool in determining whether data samples arise from different distributions without imposing any parametric assumptions on those distributions. However, raw data samples can expose sensitive…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2018-08-02 Anant Raj , Ho Chung Leon Law , Dino Sejdinovic , Mijung Park

Differential privacy has emerged as an significant cornerstone in the realm of scientific hypothesis testing utilizing confidential data. In reporting scientific discoveries, Bayesian tests are widely adopted since they effectively…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-12-22 Abhisek Chakraborty , Saptati Datta

This paper introduces chi-square goodness-of-fit tests to check for conditional distribution model specification. The data is cross-classified according to the Rosenblatt transform of the dependent variable and the explanatory variables,…

Econometrics · Economics 2023-09-25 Miguel A. Delgado , Julius Vainora

We address the problem of goodness-of-fit testing for H\"older continuous densities under local differential privacy constraints. We study minimax separation rates when only non-interactive privacy mechanisms are allowed to be used and when…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2021-07-07 Amandine Dubois , Thomas Berrett , Cristina Butucea

We introduce $\pi$-test, a privacy-preserving algorithm for testing statistical independence between data distributed across multiple parties. Our algorithm relies on privately estimating the distance correlation between datasets, a…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2023-09-28 Praneeth Vepakomma , Mohammad Mohammadi Amiri , Clément L. Canonne , Ramesh Raskar , Alex Pentland

This paper is an extension of the work about the exponential increase of the power of two non-parametric tests: the $ Z $-test and the chi-square goodness-of-fit test. Subject to having auxiliary information, it is possible to improve…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2021-09-03 Mickael Albertus

In this paper we use a well know method in statistics, the $\delta$-method, to provide an asymptotic distribution for the Mutual Information, and construct and independence test based on it. Interesting connections are found with the…

Methodology · Statistics 2025-02-26 Marius Marinescu , Costel Balcau

We study the fundamental problems of identity testing (goodness of fit), and closeness testing (two sample test) of distributions over $k$ elements, under differential privacy. While the problems have a long history in statistics, finite…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-11-01 Jayadev Acharya , Ziteng Sun , Huanyu Zhang

The test of independence is a crucial component of modern data analysis. However, traditional methods often struggle with the complex dependency structures found in high-dimensional data. To overcome this challenge, we introduce a novel…

Methodology · Statistics 2024-09-13 Mingshuo Liu , Doudou Zhou , Hao Chen

A statistical hypothesis test determines whether a hypothesis should be rejected based on samples from populations. In particular, randomized controlled experiments (or A/B testing) that compare population means using, e.g., t-tests, have…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-03-28 Bolin Ding , Harsha Nori , Paul Li , Joshua Allen

The increasing prevalence of high-dimensional data across various applications has raised significant privacy concerns in statistical inference. In this paper, we propose a differentially private integrated statistic for testing…

Methodology · Statistics 2025-06-04 Shiwei Sang , Yicheng Zeng , Xuehu Zhu , Shurong Zheng

This paper is concerned with the problem of conditional independence testing for discrete data. In recent years, researchers have shed new light on this fundamental problem, emphasizing finite-sample optimality. The non-asymptotic viewpoint…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2023-10-31 Ilmun Kim , Matey Neykov , Sivaraman Balakrishnan , Larry Wasserman

We initiate the study of differentially private hypothesis testing in the local-model, under both the standard (symmetric) randomized-response mechanism (Warner, 1965, Kasiviswanathan et al, 2008) and the newer (non-symmetric) mechanisms…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-02-13 Or Sheffet

We present a generic framework for creating differentially private versions of any hypothesis test in a black-box way. We analyze the resulting tests analytically and experimentally. Most crucially, we show good practical performance for…

Methodology · Statistics 2023-02-09 Zeki Kazan , Kaiyan Shi , Adam Groce , Andrew Bray

We consider a private hypothesis testing scenario, including both symmetric and asymmetric testing, based on classical data samples. The utility is measured by the error exponents, namely the Chernoff information and the relative entropy,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-01 Seung-Hyun Nam , Hyun-Young Park , Si-Hyeon Lee , Joonwoo Bae