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In the common nonparametric regression model, we consider the problem of testing the hypothesis that the coefficient of the scale and location function is constant. The test is based on a comparison of the standardized (by a local linear estimate of the scale function) observations with their mean. We show weak convergence of a centered version of this process to a Gaussian process under the null hypothesis and the alternative and use this result to construct a test for the hypothesis of a constant coefficient of variation in the nonparametric regression model. A small simulation study is also presented to investigate the finite sample properties of the new test.
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Dette, H., Marchlewski, M. & Wagener, J. Testing for a constant coefficient of variation in nonparametric regression by empirical processes. Ann Inst Stat Math 64, 1045–1070 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10463-011-0346-5
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