Mathematics – Statistics Theory
Scientific paper
2006-11-04
Mathematics
Statistics Theory
42 pages, 6 figures
Scientific paper
An important issue raised by Efron in the context of large-scale multiple comparisons is that in many applications the usual assumption that the null distribution is known is incorrect, and seemingly negligible differences in the null may result in large differences in subsequent studies. This suggests that a careful study of estimation of the null is indispensable. In this paper, we consider the problem of estimating a null normal distribution, and a closely related problem, estimation of the proportion of non-null effects. We develop an approach based on the empirical characteristic function and Fourier analysis. The estimators are shown to be uniformly consistent over a wide class of parameters. Numerical performance of the estimators is investigated using both simulated and real data. In particular, we apply our procedure to the analysis of breast cancer and HIV microarray data sets. The estimators perform favorably in comparison to existing methods.
Cai Tony T.
Jin Jiashun
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