source: branches/2893_BNLR/HeuristicLab.Analysis/3.3/Statistics/EnumerableStatisticsExtension.cs @ 17709

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using HeuristicLab.Common;

namespace HeuristicLab.Analysis.Statistics {
  public static class EnumerableStatisticExtensions {
    public static Tuple<double, double> ConfidenceIntervals(this IEnumerable<double> values, double alpha) {
      return ConfidenceIntervals(values.ToArray(), alpha);
    }

    public static Tuple<double, double> ConfidenceIntervals(this double[] values, double alpha) {
      double lower, upper;
      int n = values.Length;
      if (n <= 1) return new Tuple<double, double>(double.NaN, double.NaN);

      double s = values.StandardDeviation();
      double x = values.Average();
      double t = alglib.invstudenttdistribution(n - 1, (1.0 - alpha) / 2.0);

      lower = x + t * (s / Math.Sqrt(n));
      upper = x - t * (s / Math.Sqrt(n));

      return new Tuple<double, double>(lower, upper);
    }
  }
}