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maint: Update copyright notices for release.
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1 ## Copyright (C) 1995-2013 Kurt Hornik
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2 ##
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3 ## This file is part of Octave.
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4 ##
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5 ## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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6 ## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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7 ## the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
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8 ## your option) any later version.
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9 ##
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10 ## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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11 ## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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12 ## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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13 ## General Public License for more details.
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14 ##
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15 ## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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16 ## along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, see
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17 ## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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19 ## -*- texinfo -*-
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20 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {[@var{pval}, @var{t}, @var{df}] =} t_test (@var{x}, @var{m}, @var{alt})
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21 ## For a sample @var{x} from a normal distribution with unknown mean and
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22 ## variance, perform a t-test of the null hypothesis @code{mean
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23 ## (@var{x}) == @var{m}}. Under the null, the test statistic @var{t}
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24 ## follows a Student distribution with @code{@var{df} = length (@var{x})
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25 ## - 1} degrees of freedom.
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26 ##
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27 ## With the optional argument string @var{alt}, the alternative of
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28 ## interest can be selected. If @var{alt} is @qcode{"!="} or
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29 ## @qcode{"<>"}, the null is tested against the two-sided alternative
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30 ## @code{mean (@var{x}) != @var{m}}. If @var{alt} is @qcode{">"}, the
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31 ## one-sided alternative @code{mean (@var{x}) > @var{m}} is considered.
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32 ## Similarly for @var{"<"}, the one-sided alternative @code{mean
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33 ## (@var{x}) < @var{m}} is considered. The default is the two-sided
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34 ## case.
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35 ##
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36 ## The p-value of the test is returned in @var{pval}.
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37 ##
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38 ## If no output argument is given, the p-value of the test is displayed.
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39 ## @end deftypefn
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41 ## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>
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42 ## Description: Student's one-sample t test
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44 function [pval, t, df] = t_test (x, m, alt)
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46 if ((nargin < 2) || (nargin > 3))
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47 print_usage ();
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48 endif
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50 if (! isvector (x))
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51 error ("t_test: X must be a vector");
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52 endif
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53 if (! isscalar (m))
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54 error ("t_test: M must be a scalar");
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55 endif
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57 n = length (x);
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58 df = n - 1;
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59 t = sqrt (n) * (sum (x) / n - m) / std (x);
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60 cdf = tcdf (t, df);
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62 if (nargin == 2)
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63 alt = "!=";
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64 endif
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66 if (! ischar (alt))
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67 error ("t_test: ALT must be a string");
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68 endif
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69 if (strcmp (alt, "!=") || strcmp (alt, "<>"))
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70 pval = 2 * min (cdf, 1 - cdf);
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71 elseif (strcmp (alt, ">"))
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72 pval = 1 - cdf;
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73 elseif (strcmp (alt, "<"))
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74 pval = cdf;
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75 else
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76 error ("t_test: option %s not recognized", alt);
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77 endif
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79 if (nargout == 0)
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80 printf (" pval: %g\n", pval);
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81 endif
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83 endfunction
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