Package edu.cmu.tetrad.algcomparison.independence

Class DiscreteBicTest

java.lang.Object

edu.cmu.tetrad.algcomparison.independence.DiscreteBicTest

All Implemented Interfaces:

IndependenceWrapper, HasParameters, TetradSerializable, Serializable

@TestOfIndependence(name="Discrete BIC Test",
                    command="disc-bic-test",
                    dataType=Discrete)
@Experimental
public class DiscreteBicTest
extends Object
implements IndependenceWrapper

Wrapper for Fisher Z test.

Version:

$Id: $Id

Author:

josephramsey

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DiscreteBicTest()	Initializes a new instance of the DiscreteBicTest class.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
DataType	getDataType()	Returns the data type that the search requires, whether continuous, discrete, or mixed.
String	getDescription()	Returns a short of this independence test.
List<String>	getParameters()	Returns the parameters that this search uses.
IndependenceTest	getTest(DataModel dataSet, Parameters parameters)	Returns true iff x and y are independent conditional on z for the given data set.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

DiscreteBicTest

public DiscreteBicTest()

Initializes a new instance of the DiscreteBicTest class.

Method Details

getTest

public IndependenceTest getTest(DataModel dataSet,
 Parameters parameters)

Returns true iff x and y are independent conditional on z for the given data set.

Specified by:

getTest in interface IndependenceWrapper

Parameters:

dataSet - The data set to test independence against.

parameters - The paramters of the test.

Returns:

True iff independence holds.

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Returns a short of this independence test.

Specified by:

getDescription in interface IndependenceWrapper

Returns:

This description.

getDataType

public DataType getDataType()

Returns the data type that the search requires, whether continuous, discrete, or mixed.

Specified by:

getDataType in interface IndependenceWrapper

Returns:

This type.

getParameters

public List<String> getParameters()

Returns the parameters that this search uses.

Specified by:

getParameters in interface HasParameters

Specified by:

getParameters in interface IndependenceWrapper

Returns:

A list of String names of parameters.