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The Apache Commons Math project is a library of lightweight, self-contained mathematics and statistics components addressing the most common practical problems not immediately available in the Java programming language or commons-lang.
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package org.apache.commons.math3.stat.inference;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import org.apache.commons.math3.distribution.FDistribution;
import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.ConvergenceException;
import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.DimensionMismatchException;
import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.MaxCountExceededException;
import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.NullArgumentException;
import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.OutOfRangeException;
import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.util.LocalizedFormats;
import org.apache.commons.math3.stat.descriptive.SummaryStatistics;
import org.apache.commons.math3.util.MathUtils;
/**
* Implements one-way ANOVA (analysis of variance) statistics.
*
* Tests for differences between two or more categories of univariate data
* (for example, the body mass index of accountants, lawyers, doctors and
* computer programmers). When two categories are given, this is equivalent to
* the {@link org.apache.commons.math3.stat.inference.TTest}.
*
* Uses the {@link org.apache.commons.math3.distribution.FDistribution
* commons-math F Distribution implementation} to estimate exact p-values.
* This implementation is based on a description at
* http://faculty.vassar.edu/lowry/ch13pt1.html
*
* Abbreviations: bg = between groups,
* wg = within groups,
* ss = sum squared deviations
*
*
* @since 1.2
*/
public class OneWayAnova {
/**
* Default constructor.
*/
public OneWayAnova() {
}
/**
* Computes the ANOVA F-value for a collection of double[]
* arrays.
*
* Preconditions:
* - The categoryData
Collection must contain
* double[] arrays.
* - There must be at least two
double[] arrays in the
* categoryData collection and each of these arrays must
* contain at least two values.
* This implementation computes the F statistic using the definitional
* formula
* F = msbg/mswg
* where
* msbg = between group mean square
* mswg = within group mean square
* are as defined
* here
*
* @param categoryData Collection of double[]
* arrays each containing data for one category
* @return Fvalue
* @throws NullArgumentException if categoryData is null
* @throws DimensionMismatchException if the length of the categoryData
* array is less than 2 or a contained double[] array does not have
* at least two values
*/
public double anovaFValue(final Collection categoryData)
throws NullArgumentException, DimensionMismatchException {
AnovaStats a = anovaStats(categoryData);
return a.F;
}
/**
* Computes the ANOVA P-value for a collection of double[]
* arrays.
*
* Preconditions:
* - The categoryData
Collection must contain
* double[] arrays.
* - There must be at least two
double[] arrays in the
* categoryData collection and each of these arrays must
* contain at least two values.
* This implementation uses the
* {@link org.apache.commons.math3.distribution.FDistribution
* commons-math F Distribution implementation} to estimate the exact
* p-value, using the formula
* p = 1 - cumulativeProbability(F)
* where F is the F value and cumulativeProbability
* is the commons-math implementation of the F distribution.
*
* @param categoryData Collection of double[]
* arrays each containing data for one category
* @return Pvalue
* @throws NullArgumentException if categoryData is null
* @throws DimensionMismatchException if the length of the categoryData
* array is less than 2 or a contained double[] array does not have
* at least two values
* @throws ConvergenceException if the p-value can not be computed due to a convergence error
* @throws MaxCountExceededException if the maximum number of iterations is exceeded
*/
public double anovaPValue(final Collection categoryData)
throws NullArgumentException, DimensionMismatchException,
ConvergenceException, MaxCountExceededException {
final AnovaStats a = anovaStats(categoryData);
// No try-catch or advertised exception because args are valid
// pass a null rng to avoid unneeded overhead as we will not sample from this distribution
final FDistribution fdist = new FDistribution(null, a.dfbg, a.dfwg);
return 1.0 - fdist.cumulativeProbability(a.F);
}
/**
* Computes the ANOVA P-value for a collection of {@link SummaryStatistics}.
*
* Preconditions:
* - The categoryData
Collection must contain
* {@link SummaryStatistics}.
* - There must be at least two {@link SummaryStatistics} in the
*
categoryData collection and each of these statistics must
* contain at least two values.
* This implementation uses the
* {@link org.apache.commons.math3.distribution.FDistribution
* commons-math F Distribution implementation} to estimate the exact
* p-value, using the formula
* p = 1 - cumulativeProbability(F)
* where F is the F value and cumulativeProbability
* is the commons-math implementation of the F distribution.
*
* @param categoryData Collection of {@link SummaryStatistics}
* each containing data for one category
* @param allowOneElementData if true, allow computation for one catagory
* only or for one data element per category
* @return Pvalue
* @throws NullArgumentException if categoryData is null
* @throws DimensionMismatchException if the length of the categoryData
* array is less than 2 or a contained {@link SummaryStatistics} does not have
* at least two values
* @throws ConvergenceException if the p-value can not be computed due to a convergence error
* @throws MaxCountExceededException if the maximum number of iterations is exceeded
* @since 3.2
*/
public double anovaPValue(final Collection categoryData,
final boolean allowOneElementData)
throws NullArgumentException, DimensionMismatchException,
ConvergenceException, MaxCountExceededException {
final AnovaStats a = anovaStats(categoryData, allowOneElementData);
// pass a null rng to avoid unneeded overhead as we will not sample from this distribution
final FDistribution fdist = new FDistribution(null, a.dfbg, a.dfwg);
return 1.0 - fdist.cumulativeProbability(a.F);
}
/**
* This method calls the method that actually does the calculations (except
* P-value).
*
* @param categoryData
* Collection of double[] arrays each
* containing data for one category
* @return computed AnovaStats
* @throws NullArgumentException
* if categoryData is null
* @throws DimensionMismatchException
* if the length of the categoryData array is less
* than 2 or a contained double[] array does not
* contain at least two values
*/
private AnovaStats anovaStats(final Collection categoryData)
throws NullArgumentException, DimensionMismatchException {
MathUtils.checkNotNull(categoryData);
final Collection categoryDataSummaryStatistics =
new ArrayList(categoryData.size());
// convert arrays to SummaryStatistics
for (final double[] data : categoryData) {
final SummaryStatistics dataSummaryStatistics = new SummaryStatistics();
categoryDataSummaryStatistics.add(dataSummaryStatistics);
for (final double val : data) {
dataSummaryStatistics.addValue(val);
}
}
return anovaStats(categoryDataSummaryStatistics, false);
}
/**
* Performs an ANOVA test, evaluating the null hypothesis that there
* is no difference among the means of the data categories.
*
* Preconditions:
* - The categoryData
Collection must contain
* double[] arrays.
* - There must be at least two
double[] arrays in the
* categoryData collection and each of these arrays must
* contain at least two values.
* - alpha must be strictly greater than 0 and less than or equal to 0.5.
*
* This implementation uses the
* {@link org.apache.commons.math3.distribution.FDistribution
* commons-math F Distribution implementation} to estimate the exact
* p-value, using the formula
* p = 1 - cumulativeProbability(F)
* where F is the F value and cumulativeProbability
* is the commons-math implementation of the F distribution.
* True is returned iff the estimated p-value is less than alpha.
*
* @param categoryData Collection of double[]
* arrays each containing data for one category
* @param alpha significance level of the test
* @return true if the null hypothesis can be rejected with
* confidence 1 - alpha
* @throws NullArgumentException if categoryData is null
* @throws DimensionMismatchException if the length of the categoryData
* array is less than 2 or a contained double[] array does not have
* at least two values
* @throws OutOfRangeException if alpha is not in the range (0, 0.5]
* @throws ConvergenceException if the p-value can not be computed due to a convergence error
* @throws MaxCountExceededException if the maximum number of iterations is exceeded
*/
public boolean anovaTest(final Collection categoryData,
final double alpha)
throws NullArgumentException, DimensionMismatchException,
OutOfRangeException, ConvergenceException, MaxCountExceededException {
if ((alpha <= 0) || (alpha > 0.5)) {
throw new OutOfRangeException(
LocalizedFormats.OUT_OF_BOUND_SIGNIFICANCE_LEVEL,
alpha, 0, 0.5);
}
return anovaPValue(categoryData) < alpha;
}
/**
* This method actually does the calculations (except P-value).
*
* @param categoryData Collection of double[]
* arrays each containing data for one category
* @param allowOneElementData if true, allow computation for one catagory
* only or for one data element per category
* @return computed AnovaStats
* @throws NullArgumentException if categoryData is null
* @throws DimensionMismatchException if allowOneElementData is false and the number of
* categories is less than 2 or a contained SummaryStatistics does not contain
* at least two values
*/
private AnovaStats anovaStats(final Collection categoryData,
final boolean allowOneElementData)
throws NullArgumentException, DimensionMismatchException {
MathUtils.checkNotNull(categoryData);
if (!allowOneElementData) {
// check if we have enough categories
if (categoryData.size() < 2) {
throw new DimensionMismatchException(LocalizedFormats.TWO_OR_MORE_CATEGORIES_REQUIRED,
categoryData.size(), 2);
}
// check if each category has enough data
for (final SummaryStatistics array : categoryData) {
if (array.getN() <= 1) {
throw new DimensionMismatchException(LocalizedFormats.TWO_OR_MORE_VALUES_IN_CATEGORY_REQUIRED,
(int) array.getN(), 2);
}
}
}
int dfwg = 0;
double sswg = 0;
double totsum = 0;
double totsumsq = 0;
int totnum = 0;
for (final SummaryStatistics data : categoryData) {
final double sum = data.getSum();
final double sumsq = data.getSumsq();
final int num = (int) data.getN();
totnum += num;
totsum += sum;
totsumsq += sumsq;
dfwg += num - 1;
final double ss = sumsq - ((sum * sum) / num);
sswg += ss;
}
final double sst = totsumsq - ((totsum * totsum) / totnum);
final double ssbg = sst - sswg;
final int dfbg = categoryData.size() - 1;
final double msbg = ssbg / dfbg;
final double mswg = sswg / dfwg;
final double F = msbg / mswg;
return new AnovaStats(dfbg, dfwg, F);
}
/**
Convenience class to pass dfbg,dfwg,F values around within OneWayAnova.
No get/set methods provided.
*/
private static class AnovaStats {
/** Degrees of freedom in numerator (between groups). */
private final int dfbg;
/** Degrees of freedom in denominator (within groups). */
private final int dfwg;
/** Statistic. */
private final double F;
/**
* Constructor
* @param dfbg degrees of freedom in numerator (between groups)
* @param dfwg degrees of freedom in denominator (within groups)
* @param F statistic
*/
private AnovaStats(int dfbg, int dfwg, double F) {
this.dfbg = dfbg;
this.dfwg = dfwg;
this.F = F;
}
}
}