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package org.statcato.statistics.inferential;
import org.statcato.statistics.*;
import org.statcato.utils.HelperFunctions;
/**
* A hypothesis test for 2 population means
* (population standard deviations sigmas known).
*
* @author Margaret Yau
* @version %I%, %G%
* @since 1.0
*/
public class HypothesisTest2MeanSigmaKnown {
int n1, n2; // sample sizes of populations 1 and 2
double xBar1, xBar2; // sample means of populations 1 and 2
double sigma1, sigma2; // population standard deviations of populations 1 and 2
double diff; // hypothesized difference in mean
double confidenceLevel; // confidence level
int testType; // type of test
boolean varEqual;
/**
* Constructor
*
* @param n1 sample size 1
* @param n2 sample size 2
* @param xBar1 sample mean 1
* @param xBar2 sample mean 2
* @param sigma1 population standard deviation 1
* @param sigma2 population standard deviation 2
* @param diff hypothesized difference in population mean
* @param confidenceLevel confidence level
* @param testType type of test (as defined in {@link HypothesisTest})
*/
public HypothesisTest2MeanSigmaKnown(int n1, int n2, double xBar1, double xBar2,
double sigma1, double sigma2, double diff,
double confidenceLevel, int testType) {
this.n1 = n1;
this.n2 = n2;
this.xBar1 = xBar1;
this.xBar2 = xBar2;
this.sigma1 = sigma1;
this.sigma2 = sigma2;
this.diff = diff;
this.confidenceLevel = confidenceLevel;
this.testType = testType;
}
/**
* Returns the test statistics.
*
* @return test statistic t score
*/
public double testStatistics() {
return (xBar1 - xBar2 - diff) / Math.sqrt(sigma1 * sigma1 / n1 +
sigma2 * sigma2 / n2);
}
/**
* 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 in a z distribution.
*
* @return p-value
*/
public double pValue() {
double ts = testStatistics();
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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