SignificanceResult.java

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package org.apache.commons.statistics.inference;

/**
 * Contains the result of a test for significance.
 *
 * @since 1.1
 */
public interface SignificanceResult {
    /**
     * Returns the test statistic.
     *
     * @return the statistic
     */
    double getStatistic();

    /**
     * Returns the test statistic p-value.
     *
     * <p>The number returned is the smallest significance level at which one can
     * reject the null hypothesis.
     *
     * @return the p-value
     */
    double getPValue();

    /**
     * Returns true iff the null hypothesis can be rejected with {@code 100 * (1 - alpha)}
     * percent confidence.
     *
     * <p>The default implementation uses {@code p < alpha}.
     *
     * @param alpha Significance level of the test.
     * @return true iff null hypothesis can be rejected with confidence {@code 1 - alpha}
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code alpha} is not in the range {@code (0, 0.5]}.
     */
    default boolean reject(double alpha) {
        Arguments.checkSignificance(alpha);
        return getPValue() < alpha;
    }
}