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- ## Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 Kurt Hornik
- ##
- ## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- ## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- ## the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
- ## any later version.
- ##
- ## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- ## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- ## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- ## General Public License for more details.
- ##
- ## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- ## along with this file. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
- ## 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
-
- ## usage: [pval, z] = prop_test_2 (x1, n1, x2, n2 [, alt])
- ##
- ## If x1 and n1 are the counts of successes and trials in one sample,
- ## and x2 and n2 those in a second one, test the null hypothesis that
- ## the success probabilities p1 and p2 are the same.
- ## Under the null, the test statistic z approximately follows a
- ## standard normal distribution.
- ##
- ## With the optional argument string alt, the alternative of interest
- ## can be selected.
- ## If alt is "!=" or "<>", the null is tested against the two-sided
- ## alternative p1 != p2.
- ## If alt is ">", the one-sided alternative p1 > p2 is used, similarly
- ## for "<".
- ## The default is the two-sided case.
- ##
- ## pval is the p-value of the test.
- ##
- ## If no output argument is given, the p-value of the test is displayed.
-
- ## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@ci.tuwien.ac.at>
- ## Description: Compare two proportions
-
- function [pval, z] = prop_test_2 (x1, n1, x2, n2, alt)
-
- if ((nargin < 4) || (nargin > 5))
- usage ("[pval, z] = prop_test_2 (x1, n1, x2, n2 [, alt])");
- endif
-
- ## Could do sanity checking on x1, n1, x2, n2 here
-
- p1 = x1 / n1;
- p2 = x2 / n2;
- pc = (x1 + x2) / (n1 + n2);
-
- z = (p1 - p2) / sqrt (pc * (1 - pc) * (1/n1 + 1/n2));
-
- cdf = stdnormal_cdf (z);
-
- if (nargin == 4)
- alt = "!=";
- endif
-
- if !isstr (alt)
- error ("prop_test_2: alt must be a string");
- endif
- if (strcmp (alt, "!=") || strcmp (alt, "<>"))
- pval = 2 * min (cdf, 1 - cdf);
- elseif strcmp (alt, ">")
- pval = 1 - cdf;
- elseif strcmp (alt, "<")
- pval = cdf;
- else
- error (sprintf ("prop_test_2: option %s not recognized", alt));
- endif
-
- if (nargout == 0)
- printf (" pval: %g\n", pval);
- endif
-
- endfunction
-