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Based on a generalized cosine measure between two symmetric matrices, we propose a general framework for one-sample and two-sample tests of covariance and correlation matrices. We also develop a set of associated permutation algorithms for…

Methodology · Statistics 2018-12-05 Longyang Wu , Chengguo Weng , Xu Wang , Kesheng Wang , Xuefeng Liu

The main theme of this paper is a modification of the likelihood ratio test (LRT) for testing high dimensional covariance matrix. Recently, the correct asymptotic distribution of the LRT for a large-dimensional case (the case $p/n$…

Methodology · Statistics 2019-04-16 Young-Geun Choi , Chi Tim Ng , Johan Lim

This paper studies the central limit theorems (CLTs) for linear spectral statistics (LSSs) of general sample covariance matrices, when the test functions belong to $C^3$, the class of functions with continuous third order derivatives. We…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-16 Jian Cui , Zhijun Liu , Jiang Hu , Zhidong Bai

High-dimensional sample correlation matrices are a crucial class of random matrices in multivariate statistical analysis. The central limit theorem (CLT) provides a theoretical foundation for statistical inference. In this paper, assuming…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2024-08-30 Weijiang Chen , Shurong Zheng , Tingting Zou

In this paper, we propose a new modified likelihood ratio test (LRT) for simultaneously testing mean vectors and covariance matrices of two-sample populations in high-dimensional settings. By employing tools from Random Matrix Theory (RMT),…

Applications · Statistics 2024-03-12 Zhenzhen Niu , Jianghao Li , Wenya Luo , Zhidong Bai

We propose a new asymptotic test for the separability of a covariance matrix. The null distribution is valid in wide matrix elliptical model that includes, in particular, both matrix Gaussian and matrix $t$-distribution. The test is fast to…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-26 Joni Virta , Takeru Matsuda

A central limit theorem (CLT) for the smoothed empirical spectral distribution of sample covariance matrices is established. Moreover, the CLTs for the smoothed quantiles of Marcenko and Pastur's law have been also developed.

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2011-11-24 Guangming Pan , Qi-Man Shao , Wang Zhou

In this paper, we use the dimensional reduction technique to study the central limit theory (CLT) random quadratic forms based on sample means and sample covariance matrices. Specifically, we use a matrix denoted by $U_{p\times q}$, to map…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2022-10-21 Wenzhi Yang , Yiming Liu , Guangming Pan , Wang Zhou

We propose two tests for the equality of covariance matrices between two high-dimensional populations. One test is on the whole variance--covariance matrices, and the other is on off-diagonal sub-matrices, which define the covariance…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2012-06-06 Jun Li , Song Xi Chen

A law of large numbers and a central limit theorem are derived for linear statistics of random symmetric matrices whose on-or-above diagonal entries are independent, but neither necessarily identically distributed, nor necessarily all of…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Greg Anderson , Ofer Zeitouni

Spatial-sign covariance matrix (SSCM) is an important substitute of sample covariance matrix (SCM) in robust statistics. This paper investigates the SSCM on its asymptotic spectral behaviors under high-dimensional elliptical populations,…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2017-05-19 Weiming Li , Wang Zhou

We formulate nonparametric and semiparametric hypothesis testing of multivariate stationary linear time series in a unified fashion and propose new test statistics based on estimators of the spectral density matrix. The limiting…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2009-09-03 Yoshihiro Yajima , Yasumasa Matsuda

In this paper, we establish the central limit theorem (CLT) for linear spectral statistics (LSSs) of a large-dimensional sample covariance matrix when the population covariance matrices are involved with diverging spikes. This constitutes a…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2023-08-11 Zhijun Liu , Jiang Hu , Zhidong Bai , Haiyan Song

In this paper, we propose corrections to the likelihood ratio test and John's test for sphericity in large-dimensions. New formulas for the limiting parameters in the CLT for linear spectral statistics of sample covariance matrices with…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2018-01-23 Qinwen Wang , Jianfeng Yao

In the case where the dimension of the data grows at the same rate as the sample size we prove a central limit theorem for the difference of a linear spectral statistic of the sample covariance and a linear spectral statistic of the matrix…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2023-06-19 Nina Dörnemann , Holger Dette

Due to the broad applications of elliptical models, there is a long line of research on goodness-of-fit tests for empirically validating them. However, the existing literature on this topic is generally confined to low-dimensional settings,…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2025-03-04 Siyao Wang , Miles E. Lopes

This paper investigates the rate of convergence for the central limit theorem of linear spectral statistic (LSS) associated with large-dimensional sample covariance matrices. We consider matrices of the form ${\mathbf…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-06-05 Jian Cui , Jiang Hu , Zhidong Bai , Guorong Hu

This paper considers testing a covariance matrix $\Sigma$ in the high dimensional setting where the dimension $p$ can be comparable or much larger than the sample size $n$. The problem of testing the hypothesis $H_0:\Sigma=\Sigma_0$ for a…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2013-12-18 T. Tony Cai , Zongming Ma

We study the central limit theorem (CLT) for linear eigenvalue statistics of several types of matrix models, whose entries are having exploding moments, i.e., moments of the entries are increasing with the size of the matrix. In particular,…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-04-30 Indrajit Jana , Sunita Rani

In this paper, under the assumption that the dimension is much larger than the sample size, i.e., $p \asymp n^{\alpha}, \alpha>1,$ we consider the (unnormalized) sample covariance matrices $Q = \Sigma^{1/2} XX^*\Sigma^{1/2}$, where…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2023-08-22 Xiucai Ding , Zhenggang Wang