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| package org.apache.commons.statistics.inference; |
| |
| /** |
| * Contains the result of a test for significance. |
| * |
| * @since 1.1 |
| */ |
| public interface SignificanceResult { |
| /** |
| * Returns the test statistic. |
| * |
| * @return the statistic |
| */ |
| double getStatistic(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the test statistic p-value. |
| * |
| * <p>The number returned is the smallest significance level at which one can |
| * reject the null hypothesis. |
| * |
| * @return the p-value |
| */ |
| double getPValue(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns true iff the null hypothesis can be rejected with {@code 100 * (1 - alpha)} |
| * percent confidence. |
| * |
| * <p>The default implementation uses {@code p < alpha}. |
| * |
| * @param alpha Significance level of the test. |
| * @return true iff null hypothesis can be rejected with confidence {@code 1 - alpha} |
| * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code alpha} is not in the range {@code (0, 0.5]}. |
| */ |
| default boolean reject(double alpha) { |
| Arguments.checkSignificance(alpha); |
| return getPValue() < alpha; |
| } |
| } |