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A nonparametric test based on regression error (FIT)

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A nonparametric test based on regression error (FIT) [paper] [python code]

  • A bit more fringe than KCI/KCIP but provides good simulation comparisons between all three methods plus more.
  • Uses a nonparametric regression (in their case, a decision tree) to examine the change in predictive power based on including versus excluding some variables Z.
  • Uses the mean squared error as a test statistic and an analytic Gaussian/T-test approach to compute a pvalue
  • Seemingly efficient for large samples sizes as compared to other kernel based approaches.
  • Interesting connections in that trees/forests are adaptive kernel methods and extensions to forests/honesty/leaf permutations.

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