annotate scripts/statistics/tests/t_test.m @ 11472:1740012184f9

Use uppercase for variable names in error() strings to match Info documentation. Only m-files done.
author Rik <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
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2 ## Kurt Hornik
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4 ## This file is part of Octave.
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8 ## the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
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9 ## your option) any later version.
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14 ## General Public License for more details.
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15 ##
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16 ## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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17 ## along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, see
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18 ## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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20 ## -*- texinfo -*-
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21 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {[@var{pval}, @var{t}, @var{df}] =} t_test (@var{x}, @var{m}, @var{alt})
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22 ## For a sample @var{x} from a normal distribution with unknown mean and
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23 ## variance, perform a t-test of the null hypothesis @code{mean
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24 ## (@var{x}) == @var{m}}. Under the null, the test statistic @var{t}
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25 ## follows a Student distribution with @code{@var{df} = length (@var{x})
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26 ## - 1} degrees of freedom.
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27 ##
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28 ## With the optional argument string @var{alt}, the alternative of
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29 ## interest can be selected. If @var{alt} is @code{"!="} or
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30 ## @code{"<>"}, the null is tested against the two-sided alternative
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31 ## @code{mean (@var{x}) != @var{m}}. If @var{alt} is @code{">"}, the
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32 ## one-sided alternative @code{mean (@var{x}) > @var{m}} is considered.
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33 ## Similarly for @var{"<"}, the one-sided alternative @code{mean
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34 ## (@var{x}) < @var{m}} is considered. The default is the two-sided
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35 ## case.
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36 ##
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37 ## The p-value of the test is returned in @var{pval}.
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38 ##
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39 ## If no output argument is given, the p-value of the test is displayed.
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40 ## @end deftypefn
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42 ## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>
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43 ## Description: Student's one-sample t test
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45 function [pval, t, df] = t_test (x, m, alt)
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47 if ((nargin < 2) || (nargin > 3))
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48 print_usage ();
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49 endif
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51 if (! isvector (x))
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52 error ("t_test: X must be a vector");
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53 endif
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54 if (! isscalar (m))
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55 error ("t_test: M must be a scalar");
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56 endif
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58 n = length (x);
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59 df = n - 1;
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60 t = sqrt (n) * (sum (x) / n - m) / std (x);
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61 cdf = tcdf (t, df);
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63 if (nargin == 2)
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64 alt = "!=";
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65 endif
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67 if (! ischar (alt))
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68 error ("t_test: ALT must be a string");
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69 endif
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70 if (strcmp (alt, "!=") || strcmp (alt, "<>"))
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71 pval = 2 * min (cdf, 1 - cdf);
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72 elseif strcmp (alt, ">")
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73 pval = 1 - cdf;
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74 elseif strcmp (alt, "<")
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75 pval = cdf;
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76 else
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77 error ("t_test: option %s not recognized", alt);
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78 endif
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80 if (nargout == 0)
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81 printf (" pval: %g\n", pval);
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82 endif
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84 endfunction