source: branches/StatisticalTesting/HeuristicLab.Analysis.Statistics/3.3/EnumerableStatisticsExtension.cs @ 10017

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

namespace HeuristicLab.Analysis.Statistics {
  //TODO: This should be moved to HeuristicLab.Common on trunk integration
  public static class EnumerableStatisticExtensions {
    public static Tuple<double, double> ConfidenceIntervals(this IEnumerable<double> values, double alpha) {
      if (values.Count() <= 1) return new Tuple<double, double>(double.NaN, double.NaN);

      double lower, upper;
      double s = values.StandardDeviation();
      double x = values.Average();
      int n = values.Count();
      double t = alglib.studenttdistribution(n - 1, 1 - (alpha / 2));

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

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

    // Bessel corrected variance
    public static double EstimatedVariance(this IEnumerable<double> values) {
      double n = values.Count();
      return values.Variance() * n / (n - 1);
    }

    // Bessel corrected standard deviation
    public static double EstimatedStandardDeviation(this IEnumerable<double> values) {
      double n = values.Count();
      return values.StandardDeviation() * n / (n - 1);
    }
  }
}