Class: Rsquared::GrubbsTest

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/Rsquared/GrubbsTest.rb

Overview

Tests for outliers on either side of the data grubbs = Rsquared::GrubbsTest.new(data) grubbs.significant? => Boolean

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(data) ⇒ GrubbsTest

Initializes the Test object with an array of numerical data



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# File 'lib/Rsquared/GrubbsTest.rb', line 13

def initialize(data)
   @data = data.sort
	     @gstat = [((@data.mean - @data.min)/@data.stddev).abs, ((@data.mean - @data.max)/@data.stddev).abs].max
end

Instance Method Details

#inspect ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/Rsquared/GrubbsTest.rb', line 30

def inspect
    significant?
end

#significant?(alpha = 0.05) ⇒ Boolean Also known as: outlier?

Returns a boolean indicating the significance of the test at the 5% level

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/Rsquared/GrubbsTest.rb', line 22

def significant?(alpha=0.05)
   if @gstat > Helper::grubbscv(@data.length, alpha) then
   	return true
   else
		return false
   end
end

#statistic ⇒ Object

Returns the test statistic as a float



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# File 'lib/Rsquared/GrubbsTest.rb', line 38

def statistic
    @gstat
end