TestStatistic.cpp

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/*
 * 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 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * Written (W) 2012 Heiko Strathmann
 */

#include <shogun/statistics/TestStatistic.h>
#include <shogun/base/Parameter.h>

using namespace shogun;

CTestStatistic::CTestStatistic() : CSGObject()
{
    init();
}

CTestStatistic::~CTestStatistic()
{

}

void CTestStatistic::init()
{
    SG_ADD(&m_bootstrap_iterations, "bootstrap_iterations",
            "Number of iterations for bootstrapping", MS_NOT_AVAILABLE);
    SG_ADD((machine_int_t*)&m_null_approximation_method,
            "null_approximation_method",
            "Method for approximating null distribution",
            MS_NOT_AVAILABLE);

    m_bootstrap_iterations=250;
    m_null_approximation_method=BOOTSTRAP;
}

void CTestStatistic::set_null_approximation_method(
        ENullApproximationMethod null_approximation_method)
{
    m_null_approximation_method=null_approximation_method;
}

void CTestStatistic::set_bootstrap_iterations(index_t
        bootstrap_iterations)
{
    m_bootstrap_iterations=bootstrap_iterations;
}

float64_t CTestStatistic::perform_test()
{
    /* baseline method here is simply to compute statistic and p-value
     * separately */
    float64_t statistic=compute_statistic();
    return compute_p_value(statistic);
}

bool CTestStatistic::perform_test(float64_t alpha)
{
    float64_t p_value=perform_test();
    return p_value<alpha;
}