B0239
Title: Two-sample testing of high-dimensional linear regression coefficients via complementary sketching
Authors: Tengyao Wang - London School of Economics (United Kingdom) [presenting]
Abstract: A new method is introduced for two-sample testing of high-dimensional linear regression coefficients without assuming that those coefficients are individually estimable. The procedure works by first projecting the matrices of covariates and response vectors along directions that are complementary in sign in a subset of the coordinates, a process which we call 'complementary sketching'. The resulting projected covariates and responses are aggregated to form two test statistics, which are shown to have essentially optimal asymptotic power under a Gaussian design when the difference between the two regression coefficients is sparse and dense, respectively. Simulations confirm that our methods perform well in a broad class of settings.