de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.math.statistics.tests

Interface GoodnessOfFitTest

All Known Implementing Classes:

KolmogorovSmirnovTest, StandardizedTwoSampleAndersonDarlingTest, WelchTTest

public interface GoodnessOfFitTest

Interface for the statistical test used by HiCS. Consists of a single method that calculates the deviation between two data samples, given as arrays of double values. Note that different measures may have very different scale!

Since:

0.5.0

Author:

Jan Brusis, Erich Schubert

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double	deviation(double[] fullSample, double[] conditionalSample) Measure the deviation of a full sample from a conditional sample.

Method Detail

deviation

double deviation(double[] fullSample,
                 double[] conditionalSample)

Measure the deviation of a full sample from a conditional sample. Sample arrays may be modified, e.g. sorted, by the test.

Parameters:

fullSample - Full sample

conditionalSample - Conditional sample

Returns:

Deviation