LocationEquivalenceTest

LocationEquivalenceTest[{data1,data2,}]

tests whether the means or medians of the datai are equal.

LocationEquivalenceTest[{data1,},"property"]

returns the value of "property".

Details and Options

  • LocationEquivalenceTest performs a hypothesis test on the datai with null hypothesis that the true location parameters of the populations are equal, , and alternative hypothesis that at least one is different.
  • By default, a probability value or -value is returned.
  • A small -value suggests that it is unlikely that is true.
  • The datai must be univariate {x1,x2,}.
  • LocationEquivalenceTest[{data1,}] will choose the most powerful test that applies to the data.
  • LocationEquivalenceTest[{data1,},All] will choose all tests that apply to the data.
  • LocationEquivalenceTest[{data1,},"test"] reports the -value according to "test".
  • Mean-based tests assume that the datai are normally distributed. The median-based KruskalWallis test assumes that datai are symmetric about a common median. The complete block and Friedman rank tests assume that the data is in randomized complete blocks. All of the tests require the datai to have equal variances.
  • The following tests can be used:
  • "CompleteBlockF"normality, blockedmean test for complete block design
    "FriedmanRank"blockedmedian test for complete block design
    "KruskalWallis"symmetrymedian test for two or more samples
    "KSampleT"normalitymean test for two or more samples
  • The complete block test effectively performs one-way analysis of variance for randomized complete block design.
  • The Friedman rank test ranks observations across rows and sums the ranks along columns in the data to arrive at the test statistic. The statistic is corrected for ties.
  • The KruskalWallis test effectively performs a one-way analysis of variance on the ranks of the data. The test statistic is corrected for ties.
  • The -sample -test is equivalent to a one-way analysis of variance of the data.
  • LocationEquivalenceTest[{data1,},"HypothesisTestData"] returns a HypothesisTestData object htd that can be used to extract additional test results and properties using the form htd["property"].
  • LocationEquivalenceTest[{data1,},"property"] can be used to directly give the value of "property".
  • Properties related to the reporting of test results include:
  • "AllTests"list of all applicable tests
    "AutomaticTest"test chosen if Automatic is used
    "DegreesOfFreedom"the degrees of freedom used in a test
    "PValue"list of -values
    "PValueTable"formatted table of -values
    "ShortTestConclusion"a short description of the conclusion of a test
    "TestConclusion"a description of the conclusion of a test
    "TestData"list of pairs of test statistics and -values
    "TestDataTable"formatted table of -values and test statistics
    "TestStatistic"list of test statistics
    "TestStatisticTable"formatted table of test statistics
  • The following options can be given:
  • Method Automaticthe method to use for computing -values
    SignificanceLevel 0.05cutoff for diagnostics and reporting
    VerifyTestAssumptions Automaticwhat assumptions to verify
  • For tests of location, a cutoff is chosen such that is rejected only if . The value of used for the "TestConclusion" and "ShortTestConclusion" properties is controlled by the SignificanceLevel option. This value is also used in diagnostic tests of assumptions, including tests for normality, equal variance, and symmetry. By default, is set to 0.05.
  • Named settings for VerifyTestAssumptions in LocationEquivalenceTest include:
  • "Normality"verify that all data is normally distributed
    "EqualVariance"verify that the datai have equal variances
    "Symmetry"verify symmetry about a common median

Examples

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Basic Examples  (3)

Test whether the means or medians from two or more populations are all equivalent:

Create a HypothesisTestData object for repeated property extraction:

The complete block test can be used to test for mean differences with complete block design:

There is a significant difference among the means at the 0.05 level:

Use the Friedman rank test to test for differences in medians with complete block design:

It appears that at least one median differs significantly from the others:

Scope  (9)

Testing  (5)

Perform a particular test for equal locations:

Any number of tests can be performed simultaneously:

Perform all tests appropriate to the data simultaneously:

Use the property "AllTests" to identify which tests were used:

Create a HypothesisTestData object for repeated property extraction:

The properties available for extraction:

Extract some properties from a HypothesisTestData object:

The -value and test statistic from a -sample -test:

Extract any number of properties simultaneously:

The -value and test statistic from a KruskalWallis test:

Reporting  (4)

Tabulate the results from a selection of tests:

A full table of all appropriate test results:

A table of selected test results:

Retrieve the entries from a test table for customized reporting:

The -values are above 0.05, so there is not enough evidence to reject at that level:

Tabulate -values for a test or group of tests:

The -value from the table:

A table of -values from all appropriate tests:

A table of -values from a subset of tests:

Report the test statistic from a test or group of tests:

The test statistic from the table:

A table of test statistics from all appropriate tests:

Options  (8)

Method  (2)

Compute the KruskalWallis test for a group of datasets:

The rescaled test statistic follows an FRatioDistribution:

Use the asymptotic chi-square approximation:

Use the asymptotic chi-square distribution for the Friedman rank test:

By default, Conover's -distribution approximation is used:

SignificanceLevel  (3)

Set the significance level for diagnostic tests:

The default level is 0.05:

Setting the significance level may alter which test is automatically chosen:

A median-based test would have been chosen by default:

The significance level is also used for "TestConclusion" and "ShortTestConclusion":

VerifyTestAssumptions  (3)

Diagnostics can be controlled as a group using All or None:

Verify all assumptions:

Check no assumptions:

Diagnostics can be controlled independently:

Assume normality but check for symmetry:

Only check for normality:

Test assumption values can be explicitly set:

The Kruskal-Wallis test was previously chosen because the data is not normally distributed:

Applications  (4)

Test whether a group of populations shares a common location:

The first group of datasets was drawn from populations with very different locations:

Populations represented by the second group all have similar locations:

Morphological measures of two crab varieties were taken for each of the two sexes. Determine whether the measures differ across the various groups:

The rear width is the only measure that differs by gender when variety is ignored:

All measures are significantly different when gender and variety are considered simultaneously:

A pilot study was conducted for 75 patients with type II diabetes who had failed to achieve target weight loss with a particular medication. The patients were randomly assigned to three groups: a control group continuing the original medication, and two treatment groups that received 50 and 100 mg of a new medication, respectively. Weight loss in pounds over a 12-week period was recorded:

There is a significant difference in the means of the groups:

Using a Bonferroni correction in a test of each pairwise difference shows that both treatment levels perform better than the control, but that they are not significantly different from one another:

A group of six food critics rated four restaurants for quality on a 100-point scale. Determine whether there is a significant difference in the quality of the restaurants according to critics:

Bar charts of the median score by critic:

Bar charts of the median score for each restaurant:

Accounting for the blocked structure, a significant difference in quality can be detected:

Properties & Relations  (12)

The -value returned by a -sample -test is equivalent to that of TTest for two samples:

The KruskalWallis test is a -sample extension of the two-sample MannWhitney test:

The MannWhitney -value is corrected for continuity and ties:

Under the -sample -test statistic follows an FRatioDistribution[g-1,n-g], where g is the number of datasets and n is the total number of observations:

Under the complete block and Friedman rank test statistics with t treatments and g blocks follows an FRatioDistribution[t-1,(g-1)(t-1)]:

The Friedman statistic can be transformed to follow a ChiSquareDistribution[g-1]:

Compute a -value using ChiSquareDistribution:

This transformation is done automatically with Method set to "Asymptotic":

Under the KruskalWallis test statistic asymptotically follows a ChiSquareDistribution[g-1] where g is the number of datasets:

By default, the test statistic is rescaled to follow an FRatioDistribution[g-1,n-g]:

Conceptually, a comparison is made between the pooled and average individual variances:

Larger pooled variances indicate different means:

The ratio of pooled to individual variances:

LocationEquivalenceTest effectively detects how far this ratio is from 1:

The and test statistics are used in LocationEquivalenceTest:

The KruskalWallis statistic is rank-based:

For -sample and KruskalWallis tests, the statistic can be computed using LinearModelFit:

A design matrix:

The -sample -test:

The KruskalWallis test is identical but uses ranks:

Use LocationTest for two datasets:

The results are equivalent:

LocationTest can also test more complicated hypotheses:

The location equivalence test ignores the time stamps when the input is a TimeSeries:

The location equivalence test recognizes the path structure of a TemporalData:

Use the values directly:

Possible Issues  (3)

All of the tests require that the data has equal variances:

The -sample -test and complete block test require that the data is normally distributed:

The KruskalWallis test or Friedman rank test should be used if the data is not normally distributed:

The Friedman rank and complete block tests require equal sample sizes:

Neat Examples  (1)

Compute the statistic when the null hypothesis is true:

The test statistic given a particular alternative:

Compare the distributions of the test statistics:

Wolfram Research (2010), LocationEquivalenceTest, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LocationEquivalenceTest.html.

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Wolfram Research (2010), LocationEquivalenceTest, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LocationEquivalenceTest.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2010. "LocationEquivalenceTest." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LocationEquivalenceTest.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2010). LocationEquivalenceTest. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LocationEquivalenceTest.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2023_locationequivalencetest, author="Wolfram Research", title="{LocationEquivalenceTest}", year="2010", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LocationEquivalenceTest.html}", note=[Accessed: 18-March-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2023_locationequivalencetest, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={LocationEquivalenceTest}, year={2010}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LocationEquivalenceTest.html}, note=[Accessed: 18-March-2024 ]}