/**
 * Copyright (C) 2013-2017 Vasilis Vryniotis 
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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 */
package com.datumbox.framework.core.statistics.parametrics.onesample;

import com.datumbox.framework.core.statistics.distributions.ContinuousDistributions;

/**
 * One-sample Parametric Chisquare test.
 *
 * @author Vasilis Vryniotis 
 */
public class ChisquareOneSample {
    
    /**
     * One Sample Variance Test for Chisquare.
     * Requirements: Normal with known variance
     * 
     * @param stdbar
     * @param n
     * @param H0std
     * @param is_twoTailed
     * @param aLevel
     * @return
     */
    public static boolean testVariance(double stdbar, int n, double H0std, boolean is_twoTailed, double aLevel) {
        if(n<=1 || H0std<=0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The values of the provided parameters are not within the permitted range.");
        }

        //standardize it
        double chisquare=(n-1.0)*stdbar*stdbar/(H0std*H0std);

        boolean rejectH0=checkCriticalValue(chisquare, n, is_twoTailed, aLevel);

        return rejectH0;
    }
    
    /**
     * Checks the Critical Value to determine if the Hypothesis should be rejected
     * 
     * @param score
     * @param n
     * @param is_twoTailed
     * @param aLevel
     * @return 
     */
    private static boolean checkCriticalValue(double score, int n, boolean is_twoTailed, double aLevel) {
        double probability=ContinuousDistributions.chisquareCdf(score,n-1);

        boolean rejectH0=false;
        
        double a=aLevel;
        if(is_twoTailed) { //if to tailed test then split the statistical significance in half
            a=aLevel/2.0;
        }
        if(probability<=a || probability>=(1.0-a)) {
            rejectH0=true;
        }
        
        return rejectH0;
    }
}

 

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