Pearson Chi-squared Conditional Randomization Test
Adel Javanmard, Mohammad Mehrabi

TL;DR
This paper introduces the Pearson Chi-squared Conditional Randomization (PCR) test for conditional independence, which efficiently tests the relationship between variables controlling for high-dimensional confounders using distributional information and randomizations.
Contribution
The paper presents a novel PCR test that leverages distributional data and randomizations for high-resolution conditional independence testing, including extensions for parameter-free and robust testing.
Findings
PCR achieves high-resolution p-values with few randomizations.
Power analysis shows effectiveness depends on sample size and alternative distance.
Extensions improve practicality and robustness of the PCR test.
Abstract
Conditional independence (CI) testing arises naturally in many scientific problems and applications domains. The goal of this problem is to investigate the conditional independence between a response variable and another variable , while controlling for the effect of a high-dimensional confounding variable . In this paper, we introduce a novel test, called `Pearson Chi-squared Conditional Randomization' (PCR) test, which uses the distributional information on covariates and constructs randomizations to test conditional independence. PCR leverages the i.i.d-ness property of the observations to obtain high-resolution p-values with a very small number of conditional randomizations. We also provide a power analysis of the PCR test, which captures the effect of various parameters of the test, the sample size and the distance of the alternative from the set of null…
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