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package org.statcato.statistics.inferential;
import org.statcato.statistics.*;
import org.statcato.utils.HelperFunctions;
/**
* A hypothesis test for 1 population mean,
* population standard deviation known.
*
* @author Margaret Yau
* @version %I%, %G%
* @since 1.0
*/
public class HypothesisTest1MeanSigmaKnown {
int n; // sample size
double mu; // hypothesized mean
double sigma; // population standard deviation
double confidenceLevel; // confidence level
int testType; // type of test
/**
* Constructor.
*
* @param n sample size
* @param mu hypothesized mean
* @param sigma population standard deviation
* @param confidenceLevel confidence level
* @param testType (as defined in {@link HypothesisTest})
*/
public HypothesisTest1MeanSigmaKnown(int n, double mu, double sigma,
double confidenceLevel, int testType) {
this.n = n;
this.mu = mu;
this.sigma = sigma;
this.confidenceLevel = confidenceLevel;
this.testType = testType;
}
/**
* Returns the test statistics for the given sample mean xBar.
*
* z = (xBar - mu) / (sigma / sqrt(n))
*
* @param xBar sample mean
* @return test statistic z score
*/
public double testStatistics(double xBar) {
return (xBar - mu) / (sigma / Math.sqrt(n));
}
/**
* Returns the critical value corresponding to the given confidence
* level and type of test. Uses the z distribution.
*
* @return critical value
* @see HypothesisTest
*/
public String criticalValue() {
double alpha = 1 - confidenceLevel;
NormalProbabilityDistribution dist =
new NormalProbabilityDistribution(0, 1); // z distribution
if (testType == HypothesisTest.RIGHT_TAIL)
return HelperFunctions.formatFloat(
dist.inverseCumulativeProbability(1 - alpha), 3);
else if (testType == HypothesisTest.LEFT_TAIL)
return HelperFunctions.formatFloat(
dist.inverseCumulativeProbability(alpha), 3);
else // two tail
return
HelperFunctions.formatFloat(
dist.inverseCumulativeProbability(alpha / 2), 3) + ", " +
HelperFunctions.formatFloat(
dist.inverseCumulativeProbability(1 - alpha / 2), 3);
}
/**
* Returns the p-value corresponding to xBar in a z distribution.
*
* @param xBar x bar value
* @return p-value corresponding to xBar
*/
public double pValue(double xBar) {
double ts = testStatistics(xBar);
NormalProbabilityDistribution dist =
new NormalProbabilityDistribution(0, 1); // z distribution
if (testType == HypothesisTest.LEFT_TAIL)
return dist.cumulativeProbability(ts);
else if (testType == HypothesisTest.RIGHT_TAIL)
return 1 - dist.cumulativeProbability(ts);
else { // two tail
double area = dist.cumulativeProbability(ts);
if (area > 0.5)
area = 1 - area;
return 2 * area;
}
}
}
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