NAG Library Routine Document

The Studentized range statistic can be used as part of a multiple comparisons procedure such as the Newman–Keuls procedure or Duncan's multiple range test (see Montgomery (1984) and Winer (1970)).

For a Studentized range statistic the probability integral,

P (q; v, r)

, for

v

degrees of freedom and

r

groups can be written as:

P (q; v, r) = C \int_{0}^{\infty} x^{v - 1} e^{- v x^{2} / 2} \{r \int_{- \infty}^{\infty} ϕ (y) {[Φ (y) - Φ (y - q x)]}^{r - 1} d y\} d x,

where

C = \frac{v^{v / 2}}{Γ (v / 2) 2^{v / 2 - 1}}, ϕ (y) = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2 π}} e^{- y^{2} / 2} and Φ (y) = \int_{- \infty}^{y} ϕ (t) d t .

The above two-dimensional integral is evaluated using d01daf with the upper and lower limits computed to give stated accuracy (see Section 7).

If the degrees of freedom

v

are greater than

2000

the probability integral can be approximated by its asymptotic form:

P (q; r) = r \int_{- \infty}^{\infty} ϕ (y) {[Φ (y) - Φ (y - q)]}^{r - 1} d y .

This integral is evaluated using d01amf.

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References

NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions

Lund R E and Lund J R (1983) Algorithm AS 190: probabilities and upper quartiles for the studentized range Appl. Statist. 32(2) 204–210

Montgomery D C (1984) Design and Analysis of Experiments Wiley

Winer B J (1970) Statistical Principles in Experimental Design McGraw–Hill

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Arguments

1: $q$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp)Input: On entry: $q$ , the Studentized range statistic.

Constraint: $q > 0.0$ .
2: $v$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp)Input: On entry: $v$ , the number of degrees of freedom for the experimental error.

Constraint: $v \geq 1.0$ .
3: $ir$ – IntegerInput: On entry: $r$ , the number of groups.

Constraint: $ir \geq 2$ .
4: $ifail$ – IntegerInput/Output: On entry: ifail must be set to $0$ , $- 1 or 1$ . If you are unfamiliar with this argument you should refer to Section 3.4 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for details.
For environments where it might be inappropriate to halt program execution when an error is detected, the value $- 1 or 1$ is recommended. If the output of error messages is undesirable, then the value $1$ is recommended. Otherwise, because for this routine the values of the output arguments may be useful even if $ifail \neq 0$ on exit, the recommended value is $- 1$ . When the value $- 1 or 1$ is used it is essential to test the value of ifail on exit.

On exit: $ifail = 0$ unless the routine detects an error or a warning has been flagged (see Section 6).

If on exit $ifail = 1$ , then g01emf returns to $0.0$ .

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Error Indicators and Warnings

If on entry

ifail = 0

- 1

, explanatory error messages are output on the current error message unit (as defined by x04aaf).

Note: g01emf may return useful information for one or more of the following detected errors or warnings.

Errors or warnings detected by the routine:

$ifail = 1$: On entry, $ir = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $ir \geq 2$ .

On entry, $q = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $q > 0.0$ .

On entry, $v = 〈value〉$ .
Constraint: $v \geq 1.0$ .

$ifail = 2$: There is some doubt as to whether full accuracy has been achieved. The returned value should be a reasonable estimate of the true value.

$ifail = - 99$: An unexpected error has been triggered by this routine. Please contact NAG.
See Section 3.9 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for further information.

$ifail = - 399$: Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.
See Section 3.8 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for further information.

$ifail = - 999$: Dynamic memory allocation failed.
See Section 3.7 in How to Use the NAG Library and its Documentation for further information.

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Accuracy

The returned value will have absolute accuracy to at least four decimal places (usually five), unless

ifail = 2

. When

ifail = 2

it is usual that the returned value will be a good estimate of the true value.

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Parallelism and Performance

g01emf is not threaded in any implementation.

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Further Comments

None.

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Example

The lower tail probabilities for the distribution of the Studentized range statistic are computed and printed for a range of values of

q

ν

and

r

NAG Library Routine Document

g01emf (prob_studentized_range)

▸▿ Contents

1 Purpose

2 Specification

3 Description

4 References

5 Arguments

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

7 Accuracy

8 Parallelism and Performance

9 Further Comments

10 Example

10.1 Program Text

10.2 Program Data

10.3 Program Results

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Purpose

2

Specification

3

Description