Hello, The org.apache.commons.math.stat.* packages are exactly what we need for our microarray analysis web application except for the lack of an ANOVA class (the FDistribution is already there however). I have coded this up and it seems to produce the same output as R's anova(lm(data)) - as described in more detail in the test suite.
I have added the following to my anonymous SVN checkout: src/test/org/apache/commons/math/stat/inference/AnovaTest.java src/java/org/apache/commons/math/stat/inference/Anova.java src/java/org/apache/commons/math/stat/inference/AnovaImpl.java Should I add this to a bugzilla ticket for you guys to look at? How do I get a suitable patch file? If I do svn diff, these new files are not in subversion... Or should I just tar up these files? I guess one issue is naming... Should it be called UnivariateAnova, for example? Here are the methods from interface definition as a taster. As you can see, I need to flesh out the documentation some more. /** * Computes the ANOVA F-value for a set of data in two or more classes. * * @param classdata Hashtable - key = classname, values = double[] * @return Fvalue * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the precondition is not met * @throws MathException if the statistic can not be computed do to a * convergence or other numerical error. */ public abstract double anovaFValue(Hashtable classdata) throws IllegalArgumentException, MathException; /** * Computes the ANOVA P-value for a set of data in two or more classes. * * @param classdata Hashtable - key = classname, values = double[] * @return Pvalue * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the precondition is not met * @throws MathException if the statistic can not be computed do to a * convergence or other numerical error. */ public abstract double anovaPValue(Hashtable classdata) throws IllegalArgumentException, MathException; I have followed TTest as a style guide. cheers, Bob. -- Bob MacCallum | VectorBase Developer | Kafatos/Christophides Groups | Division of Cell and Molecular Biology | Imperial College London | Phone +442075941945 | Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]