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A discrete p-value family under global and mixed nulls

Example

Let Q={1/4,1/2,3/4,1}, Q∗=Q∪{1/20}, and use the finite sample space X=Q∗×Q∗ with its full power-set sigma-algebra. The parameter set is Θ={0,1}. Under θ=0, give each point (u,u), u∈Q, probability 1/4. Under θ=1, give each point (1/20,u), u∈Q, probability 1/4. Define p1(s,t)=s, p2(s,t)=t, with null hypotheses H01={0} and H02={0,1}. For α=1/2, Bonferroni rejects when pi≤α/2=1/4. Under the global null θ=0, both p-values are the same discrete uniform variable: FWER and FDR are both 1/4. Under the mixed configuration θ=1, p1=1/20 is always rejected but is not a true null; p2 is a valid discrete p-value. There FWER is 1/4 and FDR is 1/8. The true-null p-values are perfectly dependent under θ=0.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The two-parameter finite experiment, p-value statistics and null hypotheses in the example, the Bonferroni rule at α=1/2, and the definitions and theorem below.

[F1]

Statistical experiments: an experiment is a measurable sample space, parameter set, and family of probability measures on that sample space.

[F2]

Null-valid p-values and familywise and false-discovery error rates: pi is valid for H0i when Pθ(pi≤u)≤u for all θ∈H0i and u∈[0,1]; FWER is Pθ(Vθ≥1) and FDR is Eθ[Vθ/(R∨1)].

[F3]

Strong familywise error control by Bonferroni: for any fixed family of m≥1 valid p-values, rejecting each at pi≤α/m controls FWER by α for every true-null configuration and arbitrary dependence.

[A1]

Q={1/4,1/2,3/4,1}, Q∗=Q∪{1/20}, X=Q∗×Q∗ with A=P(X), H01={0}, H02={0,1}, p1(s,t)=s, p2(s,t)=t, and P0,P1 are the four-point uniform laws specified in the Example.

Verification

technique · direct finite calculation

Given: The finite laws and p-value family in the Example.

1.1givenA1F1F2algebra

Each Pθ assigns mass 1/4 to four distinct points, so its masses sum to 1. Under either parameter where H01 is true, namely θ=0, and under both parameters where H02 is true, the corresponding null p-value has the law of U uniform on Q. For every u∈[0,1], P(U≤u)=⌊4u⌋/4≤u; hence both p-values are valid for their stated nulls by [F2].

1.2givenA1F2algebra

At θ=0, I0(0)={1,2} and p1=p2=U. A true null is rejected exactly when U=1/4, which has probability 1/4. On that event V0=R=2 and V0/(R∨1)=1; otherwise both counts are zero. Thus FWER0=FDR0=1/4.

2.1givenA1F2F3step 1.2algebra∎

At θ=1, I0(1)={2}, p1=1/20<1/4 always, and p2=U. A true null is rejected exactly when U=1/4, so FWER1=1/4. On that event (V1,R)=(1,2) and otherwise (V1,R)=(0,1), giving FDR1=(1/4)(1/2)=1/8. The theorem [F3] also gives the strong FWER bound 1/4≤1/2 at both parameter values, without an independence hypothesis.

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