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- ## Copyright (C) 1995, 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, b, n] = sign_test (x, y [, alt])
- ##
- ## For two matched-pair samples x and y, perform a sign test of the
- ## null hypothesis PROB(x > y) == PROB(x < y) == 1/2.
- ## Under the null, the test statistic b roughly follows a binomial
- ## distribution with parameters n = sum (x != y) and p = 1/2.
- ##
- ## With the optional argument alt, the alternative of interest can be
- ## selected.
- ## If alt is "!=" or "<>", the null hypothesis is tested against the
- ## two-sided alternative PROB(x < y) != 1/2.
- ## If alt is ">", the one-sided alternative PROB(x > y) > 1/2 ("x is
- ## stochastically greater than y") is considered, 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: Sign test
-
- function [pval, b, n] = sign_test (x, y, alt)
-
- if ((nargin < 2) || (nargin > 3))
- usage ("[pval, b, n] = sign_test (x, y [, alt])");
- endif
-
- if (! (is_vector (x) && is_vector (y) && (length (x) == length (y))))
- error ("sign_test: x and y must be vectors of the same length");
- endif
-
- n = length (x);
- x = reshape (x, 1, n);
- y = reshape (y, 1, n);
- n = sum (x != y);
- b = sum (x > y);
- cdf = binomial_cdf (b, n, 1/2);
-
- if (nargin == 2)
- alt = "!=";
- endif
-
- if (! isstr (alt))
- error ("sign_test: 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 ("sign_test: option %s not recognized", alt));
- endif
-
- if (nargout == 0)
- printf (" pval: %g\n", pval);
- endif
-
- endfunction
-