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nag_anderson_darling_uniform_prob (g08cjc)

 Contents

    1  Purpose
    7  Accuracy

1  Purpose

nag_anderson_darling_uniform_prob (g08cjc) calculates the Anderson–Darling goodness-of-fit test statistic and its probability for the case of standard uniformly distributed data.

2  Specification

#include <nag.h>
#include <nagg08.h>
void  nag_anderson_darling_uniform_prob (Integer n, Nag_Boolean issort, double y[], double *a2, double *p, NagError *fail)

3  Description

Calculates the Anderson–Darling test statistic A2 (see nag_anderson_darling_stat (g08chc)) and its upper tail probability by using the approximation method of Marsaglia and Marsaglia (2004) for the case of uniformly distributed data.

4  References

Anderson T W and Darling D A (1952) Asymptotic theory of certain ‘goodness-of-fit’ criteria based on stochastic processes Annals of Mathematical Statistics 23 193–212
Marsaglia G and Marsaglia J (2004) Evaluating the Anderson–Darling distribution J. Statist. Software 9(2)

5  Arguments

1:     n IntegerInput
On entry: n, the number of observations.
Constraint: n>1.
2:     issort Nag_BooleanInput
On entry: set issort=Nag_TRUE if the observations are sorted in ascending order; otherwise the function will sort the observations.
3:     y[n] doubleInput/Output
On entry: yi, for i=1,2,,n, the n observations.
On exit: if issort=Nag_FALSE, the data sorted in ascending order; otherwise the array is unchanged.
Constraint: if issort=Nag_TRUE, the values must be sorted in ascending order. Each yi must lie in the interval 0,1.
4:     a2 double *Output
On exit: A2, the Anderson–Darling test statistic.
5:     p double *Output
On exit: p, the upper tail probability for A2.
6:     fail NagError *Input/Output
The NAG error argument (see Section 3.6 in the Essential Introduction).

6  Error Indicators and Warnings

NE_ALLOC_FAIL
Dynamic memory allocation failed.
See Section 3.2.1.2 in the Essential Introduction for further information.
NE_BAD_PARAM
On entry, argument value had an illegal value.
NE_BOUND
The data in y must lie in the interval 0,1.
NE_INT
On entry, n=value.
Constraint: n>1.
NE_INTERNAL_ERROR
An internal error has occurred in this function. Check the function call and any array sizes. If the call is correct then please contact NAG for assistance.
An unexpected error has been triggered by this function. Please contact NAG.
See Section 3.6.6 in the Essential Introduction for further information.
NE_NO_LICENCE
Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.
See Section 3.6.5 in the Essential Introduction for further information.
NE_NOT_INCREASING
issort=Nag_TRUE and the data in y is not sorted in ascending order.

7  Accuracy

Probabilities greater than approximately 0.09 are accurate to five decimal places; lower value probabilities are accurate to six decimal places.

8  Parallelism and Performance

Not applicable.

9  Further Comments

None.

10  Example

This example calculates the A2 statistic and its p-value for uniform data obtained by transforming exponential variates.

10.1  Program Text

Program Text (g08cjce.c)

10.2  Program Data

Program Data (g08cjce.d)

10.3  Program Results

Program Results (g08cjce.r)


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