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package org.statcato.statistics.inferential;
import org.statcato.statistics.*;
import org.statcato.utils.HelperFunctions;
/**
* A hypothesis test for 2 population variances.
*
* @author Margaret Yau
* @version %I%, %G%
* @since 1.0
*/
public class HypothesisTest2Var {
int n1, n2; // sample sizes of populations 1 and 2
double var1, var2; // sample variances of populations 1 and 2
double confidenceLevel; // confidence level
int testType; // type of test
/**
* Constructor
*
* @param n1 sample size 1
* @param n2 sample size 2
* @param var1 sample variance 1
* @param var2 sample variance 2
* @param confidenceLevel confidence level
* @param testType type of test (as defined in {@link HypothesisTest})
*/
public HypothesisTest2Var(int n1, int n2, double var1, double var2,
double confidenceLevel, int testType) {
this.n1 = n1;
this.n2 = n2;
this.var1 = var1;
this.var2 = var2;
this.confidenceLevel = confidenceLevel;
this.testType = testType;
}
/**
* Returns the test statistics F = var1 / var2.
*
* @return test statistic F
*/
public double testStatistics() {
return var1 / var2;
}
/**
* Returns the degree of freedom 1.
*
* @return degree of freedom 1
*/
public int DOF1() {
return n1 - 1;
}
/**
* Returns the degree of freedom 2.
*
* @return degree of freedom 2
*/
public int DOF2() {
return n2 - 1;
}
/**
* Returns the critical value corresponding to the given confidence
* level and type of test. Uses the F distribution.
*
* @return critical value
* @see HypothesisTest
*/
public String criticalValue() {
double alpha = 1 - confidenceLevel;
FProbabilityDistribution dist =
new FProbabilityDistribution(DOF1(), DOF2()); // F 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 F distribution.
*
* @return p-value
*/
public double pValue() {
double ts = testStatistics();
FProbabilityDistribution dist =
new FProbabilityDistribution(DOF1(), DOF2()); // F 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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