Package edu.cmu.tetrad.search

Class IndTestGSquare

java.lang.Object
edu.cmu.tetrad.search.IndTestGSquare
All Implemented Interfaces:
IndependenceTest
public final class IndTestGSquare extends Object implements IndependenceTest
Checks the conditional independence X _||_ Y | S, where S is a set of discrete variable, and X and Y are discrete variable not in S, by applying a conditional G Square test. A description of such a test is given in Fienberg, "The Analysis of Cross-Classified Categorical Data," 2nd edition. The formula for degrees of freedom used in this test are equivalent to the formulation on page 142 of Fienberg.
Author:
Joseph Ramsey
See Also:

  • Constructor Details

    • IndTestGSquare

      public IndTestGSquare(DataSet dataSet, double alpha)
      Constructs a new independence checker to check conditional independence facts for discrete data using a g square test.
      Parameters:
      dataSet - the discrete data set.
      alpha - the significance level of the tests.

  • Method Details

    • indTestSubset

      public IndependenceTest indTestSubset(List<Node> vars)
      Creates a new IndTestGSquare for a subset of the variables.
      Specified by:
      indTestSubset in interface IndependenceTest
      Returns:
      an Independence test for a subset of the variables.

    • getPValue

      public double getPValue()
      Returns:
      the p value associated with the most recent call of isIndependent.

    • checkIndependence

      public IndependenceResult checkIndependence(Node x, Node y, List<Node> z)
      Determines whether variable x is independent of variable y given a list of conditioning varNames z.
      Specified by:
      checkIndependence in interface IndependenceTest
      Parameters:
      x - the one variable being compared.
      y - the second variable being compared.
      z - the list of conditioning varNames.
      Returns:
      true iff x _||_ y | z.
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    • setAlpha

      public void setAlpha(double alpha)
      Sets the significance level at which independence judgments should be made. Affects the cutoff for partial correlations to be considered statistically equal to zero.
      Specified by:
      setAlpha in interface IndependenceTest
      Parameters:
      alpha - the new significance level.

    • getAlpha

      public double getAlpha()
      Gets the getModel significance level.
      Specified by:
      getAlpha in interface IndependenceTest
      Returns:
      this number.

    • getVariables

      public List<Node> getVariables()
      Specified by:
      getVariables in interface IndependenceTest
      Returns:
      the list of variables over which this independence checker is capable of determinine independence relations-- that is, all the variables in the given graph or the given data set.

    • toString

      public String toString()
      Specified by:
      toString in interface IndependenceTest
      Overrides:
      toString in class Object

    • determines

      public boolean determines(List<Node> z, Node x1)
      Specified by:
      determines in interface IndependenceTest
      Parameters:
      z - The list of variables z1,...,zn with respect to which we want to know whether z determines x oir z.
      x1 - The one variable whose determination by z we want to know.
      Returns:
      true if it is estimated that z determines x or z determines y.

    • getDeterminationP

      public double getDeterminationP()

    • setDeterminationP

      public void setDeterminationP(double determinationP)

    • getData

      public DataSet getData()
      Specified by:
      getData in interface IndependenceTest
      Returns:
      The data model for the independence test.

    • getScore

      public double getScore()
      Description copied from interface: IndependenceTest
      A score that is higher with more likely models.
      Specified by:
      getScore in interface IndependenceTest

    • isVerbose

      public boolean isVerbose()
      Specified by:
      isVerbose in interface IndependenceTest

    • setVerbose

      public void setVerbose(boolean verbose)
      Specified by:
      setVerbose in interface IndependenceTest