Note on High Dimensional Spatial-Sign Test for One Sample Problem
Methodology
2026-01-14 v1
Abstract
We revisit the null distribution of the high-dimensional spatial-sign test of Wang et al. (2015) under mild structural assumptions on the scatter matrix. We show that the standardized test statistic converges to a non-Gaussian limit, characterized as a mixture of a normal component and a weighted chi-square component. To facilitate practical implementation, we propose a wild bootstrap procedure for computing critical values and establish its asymptotic validity. Numerical experiments demonstrate that the proposed bootstrap test delivers accurate size control across a wide range of dependence settings and dimension-sample-size regimes.
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@article{arxiv.2601.08736,
title = {Note on High Dimensional Spatial-Sign Test for One Sample Problem},
author = {Ping Zhao and Long Feng},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.08736},
year = {2026}
}