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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +layout: proof |
| 3 | +mathjax: true |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +author: "Joram Soch" |
| 6 | +affiliation: "BCCN Berlin" |
| 7 | +e_mail: "joram.soch@bccn-berlin.de" |
| 8 | +date: 2022-11-06 13:05:00 |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +title: "F-test for main effect in one-way analysis of variance" |
| 11 | +chapter: "Statistical Models" |
| 12 | +section: "Univariate normal data" |
| 13 | +topic: "Analysis of variance" |
| 14 | +theorem: "F-test for main effect in one-way ANOVA" |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +sources: |
| 17 | + - authors: "Denziloe" |
| 18 | + year: 2018 |
| 19 | + title: "Derive the distribution of the ANOVA F-statistic under the alternative hypothesis" |
| 20 | + in: "StackExchange CrossValidated" |
| 21 | + pages: "retrieved on 2022-11-06" |
| 22 | + url: "https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/355594/derive-the-distribution-of-the-anova-f-statistic-under-the-alternative-hypothesi" |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +proof_id: "P370" |
| 25 | +shortcut: "anova1-f" |
| 26 | +username: "JoramSoch" |
| 27 | +--- |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +**Theorem:** Assume the [one-way analysis of variance](/D/anova1) model |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +$$ \label{eq:anova1} |
| 33 | +y_{ij} = \mu_i + \varepsilon_{ij}, \; \varepsilon_{ij} \overset{\mathrm{i.i.d.}}{\sim} \mathcal{N}(0, \sigma^2), \; i = 1, \ldots, k, \; j = 1, \dots, n_i \; , |
| 34 | +$$ |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +and consider the [null](/D/h0) and [alternative](/D/h1) hypothesis |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +$$ \label{eq:anova1-h0} |
| 39 | +\begin{split} |
| 40 | +H_0: &\; \mu_1 = \ldots = \mu_K \\ |
| 41 | +H_1: &\; \mu_i \neq \mu_j \quad \text{for at least one} \quad i,j \in \left\lbrace 1, \ldots, k \right\rbrace, \; i \neq j \; . |
| 42 | +\end{split} |
| 43 | +$$ |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +Then, the [test statistic](/D/tstat) |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +$$ \label{eq:anova1-f} |
| 48 | +F = \frac{\frac{1}{k-1} \sum_{i=1}^{k} n_i (\bar{y}_i - \bar{y})^2}{\frac{1}{n-k} \sum_{i=1}^{k} \sum_{j=1}^{n_i} (y_{ij} - \bar{y}_i)^2} |
| 49 | +$$ |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +follows an [F-distribution](/D/f) under the null hypothesis: |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +$$ \label{eq:anova1-f-h0} |
| 54 | +F \sim \mathrm{F}(k-1, n-k), \; \text{if} \; H_0 \; . |
| 55 | +$$ |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +**Proof:** Let $\mu$ be the common [mean](/D/mean) under the [null hypothesis](/D/h0) $\mu_1 = \ldots = \mu_K = \mu$. Under $H_0$, we have: |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +$$ \label{eq:yij-h0} |
| 61 | +y_{ij} \sim \mathcal{N}(\mu, \sigma^2) \quad \text{for all} \quad i = 1, \ldots, k, \; j = 1, \ldots, n_i \; . |
| 62 | +$$ |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +Thus, the [random variable](/D/rvar) $U_{ij} = (y_{ij} - \mu)/\sigma$ [follows a standard normal distribution](/P/norm-snorm) |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +$$ \label{eq:Uij-h0} |
| 67 | +U_{ij} = \frac{y_{ij} - \mu}{\sigma} \sim \mathcal{N}(0, 1) \; . |
| 68 | +$$ |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +Now consider the following sum: |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +$$ \label{eq:sum-Uij-s1} |
| 73 | +\begin{split} |
| 74 | +\sum_{i=1}^{k} \sum_{j=1}^{n_i} U_{ij}^2 &= \sum_{i=1}^{k} \sum_{j=1}^{n_i} \left( \frac{y_{ij} - \mu}{\sigma} \right)^2 \\ |
| 75 | +&= \frac{1}{\sigma^2} \sum_{i=1}^{k} \sum_{j=1}^{n_i} \left( (y_{ij} - \bar{y}_i) + (\bar{y}_i - \bar{y}) + (\bar{y} - \mu) \right)^2 \\ |
| 76 | +&= \frac{1}{\sigma^2} \sum_{i=1}^{k} \sum_{j=1}^{n_i} \left[ (y_{ij} - \bar{y}_i)^2 + (\bar{y}_i - \bar{y})^2 + (\bar{y} - \mu)^2 + 2 (y_{ij} - \bar{y}_i) (\bar{y}_i - \bar{y}) + 2 (y_{ij} - \bar{y}_i) (\bar{y} - \mu) + 2 (\bar{y}_i - \bar{y}) (\bar{y} - \mu) \right] \; . |
| 77 | +\end{split} |
| 78 | +$$ |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +Because the following sum over $j$ is zero for all $i$ |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +$$ \label{eq:sum-yij} |
| 83 | +\begin{split} |
| 84 | +\sum_{j=1}^{n_i} (y_{ij} - \bar{y}_i) &= \sum_{j=1}^{n_i} y_{ij} - n_i \bar{y}_i \\ |
| 85 | +&= \sum_{j=1}^{n_i} y_{ij} - n_i \cdot \frac{1}{n_i} \sum_{j=1}^{n_i} y_{ij} \\ |
| 86 | +&= 0, \; i = 1, \ldots, k |
| 87 | +\end{split} |
| 88 | +$$ |
| 89 | + |
| 90 | +and the following sum over $i$ and $j$ is also zero |
| 91 | + |
| 92 | +$$ \label{eq:sum-yib} |
| 93 | +\begin{split} |
| 94 | +\sum_{i=1}^{k} \sum_{j=1}^{n_i} (\bar{y}_i - \bar{y}) &= \sum_{i=1}^{k} n_i (\bar{y}_i - \bar{y}) \\ |
| 95 | +&= \sum_{i=1}^{k} n_i \bar{y}_i - \bar{y} \sum_{i=1}^{k} n_i \\ |
| 96 | +&= \sum_{i=1}^{k} n_i \cdot \frac{1}{n_i} \sum_{j=1}^{n_i} y_{ij} - n \cdot \frac{1}{n} \sum_{i=1}^{k} \sum_{j=1}^{n_i} y_{ij} \\ |
| 97 | +&= 0 \; , |
| 98 | +\end{split} |
| 99 | +$$ |
| 100 | + |
| 101 | +where $n = \sum_{i=1}^{k} n_i$, the sum in \eqref{eq:sum-Uij-s1} reduces to |
| 102 | + |
| 103 | +$$ \label{eq:sum-Uij-s2} |
| 104 | +\begin{split} |
| 105 | +\sum_{i=1}^{k} \sum_{j=1}^{n_i} U_{ij}^2 &= \sum_{i=1}^{k} \sum_{j=1}^{n_i} \left[ \left( \frac{y_{ij} - \bar{y}_i}{\sigma} \right)^2 + \left( \frac{\bar{y}_i - \bar{y}}{\sigma} \right)^2 + \left( \frac{\bar{y} - \mu}{\sigma} \right)^2 \right] \\ |
| 106 | +&= \sum_{i=1}^{k} \sum_{j=1}^{n_i} \left( \frac{y_{ij} - \bar{y}_i}{\sigma} \right)^2 + \sum_{i=1}^{k} \sum_{j=1}^{n_i} \left( \frac{\bar{y}_i - \bar{y}}{\sigma} \right)^2 + \sum_{i=1}^{k} \sum_{j=1}^{n_i} \left( \frac{\bar{y} - \mu}{\sigma} \right)^2 \; . |
| 107 | +\end{split} |
| 108 | +$$ |
| 109 | + |
| 110 | +[Cochran's theorem](/P/snorm-cochran) states that, if a sum of squared [standard normal](/D/snorm) [random variables](/D/rvar) can be written as a sum of squared forms |
| 111 | + |
| 112 | +$$ \label{eq:cochran-p1} |
| 113 | +\begin{split} |
| 114 | +\sum_{i=1}^{n} U_i^2 = \sum_{j=1}^{m} Q_j \quad &\text{where} \quad Q_j = U^\mathrm{T} B^{(j)} U \\ |
| 115 | +&\text{with} \quad \sum_{j=1}^{m} B^{(j)} = I_n \\ |
| 116 | +&\text{and} \quad r_j = \mathrm{rank}(B^{(j)}) \; , |
| 117 | +\end{split} |
| 118 | +$$ |
| 119 | + |
| 120 | +then the terms $Q_j$ are [independent](/D/ind) and each term $Q_j$ follows a [chi-squared distribution](/D/chi2) with $r_j$ degrees of freedom: |
| 121 | + |
| 122 | +$$ \label{eq:cochran-p2} |
| 123 | +Q_j \sim \chi^2(r_j), \; j = 1, \ldots, m \; . |
| 124 | +$$ |
| 125 | + |
| 126 | +Let $U$ be the $n \times 1$ column vector of all observations |
| 127 | + |
| 128 | +$$ \label{eq:U} |
| 129 | +U = \left[ \begin{matrix} u_1 \\ \vdots \\ u_k \end{matrix} \right] |
| 130 | +$$ |
| 131 | + |
| 132 | +where the group-wise $n_i \times 1$ column vectors are |
| 133 | + |
| 134 | +$$ \label{yi} |
| 135 | +u_1 = \left[ \begin{matrix} (y_{1,1}-\mu)/\sigma \\ \vdots \\ (y_{1,n_1}-\mu)/\sigma \end{matrix} \right], \quad \ldots, \quad u_k = \left[ \begin{matrix} (y_{k,1}-\mu)/\sigma \\ \vdots \\ (y_{k,n_k}-\mu)/\sigma \end{matrix} \right] \; . |
| 136 | +$$ |
| 137 | + |
| 138 | +Then, we observe that the sum in \eqref{eq:sum-Uij-s2} can be represented in the form of \eqref{eq:cochran-p1} using the matrices |
| 139 | + |
| 140 | +$$ \label{eq:sum-Uij-s3-Bj} |
| 141 | +\begin{split} |
| 142 | +B^{(1)} &= I_n - \mathrm{diag}\left( \frac{1}{n_1} J_{n_1}, \; \ldots, \; \frac{1}{n_K} J_{n_K} \right) \\ |
| 143 | +B^{(2)} &= \mathrm{diag}\left( \frac{1}{n_1} J_{n_1}, \; \ldots, \; \frac{1}{n_K} J_{n_K} \right) - \frac{1}{n} J_n \\ |
| 144 | +B^{(2)} &= \frac{1}{n} J_n |
| 145 | +\end{split} |
| 146 | +$$ |
| 147 | + |
| 148 | +where $J_n$ is an $n \times n$ matrix of ones and $\mathrm{diag}\left( A_1, \ldots, A_n \right)$ denotes a block-diagonal matrix composed of $A_1, \ldots, A_n$. The matrices in \eqref{eq:sum-Uij-s3-Bj} fulfill $B^{(1)} + B^{(2)} + B^{(3)} = I_n$ and their ranks are given by: |
| 149 | + |
| 150 | +$$ \label{eq:sum-Uij-s3-Bj-rk} |
| 151 | +\begin{split} |
| 152 | +\mathrm{rank}\left( B^{(1)} \right) &= n-k \\ |
| 153 | +\mathrm{rank}\left( B^{(2)} \right) &= k-1 \\ |
| 154 | +\mathrm{rank}\left( B^{(3)} \right) &= 1 \; . |
| 155 | +\end{split} |
| 156 | +$$ |
| 157 | + |
| 158 | +Let's write down the [explained sum of squares](/D/ess) and the [residual sum of squares](/D/rss) for [one-way analysis of variance](/D/anova1) as |
| 159 | + |
| 160 | +$$ \label{eq:ess-rss} |
| 161 | +\begin{split} |
| 162 | +\mathrm{ESS} &= \sum_{i=1}^{k} \sum_{j=1}^{n_i} \left( \bar{y}_i - \bar{y} \right)^2 \\ |
| 163 | +\mathrm{RSS} &= \sum_{i=1}^{k} \sum_{j=1}^{n_i} \left( y_{ij} - \bar{y}_i \right)^2 \; . |
| 164 | +\end{split} |
| 165 | +$$ |
| 166 | + |
| 167 | +Then, using \eqref{eq:sum-Uij-s2}, \eqref{eq:cochran-p1}, \eqref{eq:cochran-p2}, \eqref{eq:sum-Uij-s3-Bj} and \eqref{eq:sum-Uij-s3-Bj-rk}, we find that |
| 168 | + |
| 169 | +$$ \label{eq:ess-rss-dist} |
| 170 | +\begin{split} |
| 171 | +\frac{\mathrm{ESS}}{\sigma^2} = \sum_{i=1}^{k} \sum_{j=1}^{n_i} \left( \frac{\bar{y}_i - \bar{y}}{\sigma} \right)^2 &= Q_2 = U^\mathrm{T} B^{(2)} U \sim \chi^2(k-1) \\ |
| 172 | +\frac{\mathrm{RSS}}{\sigma^2} = \sum_{i=1}^{k} \sum_{j=1}^{n_i} \left( \frac{y_{ij} - \bar{y}_i}{\sigma} \right)^2 &= Q_1 = U^\mathrm{T} B^{(1)} U \sim \chi^2(n-k) \; . |
| 173 | +\end{split} |
| 174 | +$$ |
| 175 | + |
| 176 | +Because $\mathrm{ESS}/\sigma^2$ and $\mathrm{RSS}/\sigma^2$ are also independent by \eqref{eq:cochran-p2}, the F-statistic from \eqref{eq:anova1-f} is equal to the ratio of two independent [chi-squared distributed](/D/chi2) [random variables](/D/rvar) divided by their degrees of freedom |
| 177 | + |
| 178 | +$$ \label{eq:anova1-f-ess-tss} |
| 179 | +\begin{split} |
| 180 | +F &= \frac{(\mathrm{ESS}/\sigma^2)/(k-1)}{(\mathrm{RSS}/\sigma^2)/(n-k)} \\ |
| 181 | +&= \frac{\mathrm{ESS}/(k-1)}{\mathrm{RSS}/(n-k)} \\ |
| 182 | +&= \frac{\frac{1}{k-1} \sum_{i=1}^{k} \sum_{j=1}^{n_i} (\bar{y}_i - \bar{y})^2}{\frac{1}{n-k} \sum_{i=1}^{k} \sum_{j=1}^{n_i} (y_{ij} - \bar{y}_i)^2} \\ |
| 183 | +&= \frac{\frac{1}{k-1} \sum_{i=1}^{k} n_i (\bar{y}_i - \bar{y})^2}{\frac{1}{n-k} \sum_{i=1}^{k} \sum_{j=1}^{n_i} (y_{ij} - \bar{y}_i)^2} |
| 184 | +\end{split} |
| 185 | +$$ |
| 186 | + |
| 187 | +which, [by definition of the F-distribution](/D/f), is distributed as: |
| 188 | + |
| 189 | +$$ \label{eq:anova1-f-qed} |
| 190 | +F \sim \mathrm{F}(k-1, n-k), \; \text{if} \; H_0 \; . |
| 191 | +$$ |
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