Concentration inequalities using approximate zero bias couplings with applications to Hoeffding’s statistic under the Ewens distribution

Abstract

We prove concentration inequalities of the form for a random variable Y with mean zero and variance using a coupling technique from Stein’s method that is so-called approximate zero bias couplings. Applications to the Hoeffding’s statistic where the random permutation has the Ewens distribution with parameter are also presented. A few simulation experiments are then provided to visualize the tail probability of the Hoeffding’s statistic and our bounds. Based on the simulation results, our bounds work well especially when