Cumulative Distribution Function

Chi-squared distribution cumulative distribution function.

The cumulative distribution function for a chi-squared random variable is

where k is the degrees of freedom and P is the lower regularized incomplete gamma function.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/stats-base-dists-chisquare-cdf

Usage

var cdf = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-dists-chisquare-cdf' );

cdf( x, k )

Evaluates the cumulative distribution function (CDF) for a chi-squared distribution with degrees of freedom k.

var y = cdf( 2.0, 1.0 );
// returns ~0.843

y = cdf( 2.0, 3.0 );
// returns ~0.428

y = cdf( 1.0, 0.5 );
// returns ~0.846

y = cdf( -1.0, 2.0 );
// returns 0.0

y = cdf( -Infinity, 4.0 );
// returns 0.0

y = cdf( +Infinity, 4.0 );
// returns 1.0

If provided NaN as any argument, the function returns NaN.

var y = cdf( NaN, 1.0 );
// returns NaN

y = cdf( 0.0, NaN );
// returns NaN

If provided k < 0, the function returns NaN.

var y = cdf( 2.0, -2.0 );
// returns NaN

If provided k = 0, the function evaluates the CDF of a degenerate distribution centered at 0.

var y = cdf( 2.0, 0.0 );
// returns 1.0

y = cdf( -2.0, 0.0 );
// returns 0.0

y = cdf( 0.0, 0.0 );
// returns 1.0

cdf.factory( k )

Returns a function for evaluating the cumulative distribution function for a chi-squared distribution with degrees of freedom k.

var mycdf = cdf.factory( 3.0 );

var y = mycdf( 6.0 );
// returns ~0.888

y = mycdf( 1.5 );
// returns ~0.318

C APIs

Usage

#include "stdlib/stats/base/dists/chisquare/cdf.h"

stdlib_base_dists_chisquare_cdf( x, k )

Evaluates the cumulative distribution function (CDF) for a chi-squared distribution with degrees of freedom k.

double out = stdlib_base_dists_chisquare_cdf( 2.0, 1.0 );
// returns ~0.843

out = stdlib_base_dists_chisquare_cdf( 2.0, 3.0 );
// returns ~0.428

The function accepts the following arguments:

• x: [in] double input value.
• k: [in] double degrees of freedom.

double stdlib_base_dists_chisquare_cdf( const double x, const double k );

Examples

#include "stdlib/stats/base/dists/chisquare/cdf.h"
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

static double random_uniform( double min, double max ) {
    double scale = rand() / (double) RAND_MAX;
    return min + ( scale * ( max - min ) );
}

int main( void ) {
    double x;
    double k;
    double y;
    int i;

    for ( i = 0; i < 25; i++ ) {
        x = random_uniform( 0.0, 10.0 );
        k = random_uniform( 1.0, 10.0 );
        y = stdlib_base_dists_chisquare_cdf( x, k );
        printf( "x: %lf, k: %lf, F(x;k): %lf\n", x, k, y );
    }
}

Examples

var discreteUniform = require( '@stdlib/random-array-discrete-uniform' );
var uniform = require( '@stdlib/random-array-uniform' );
var logEachMap = require( '@stdlib/console-log-each-map' );
var cdf = require( '@stdlib/stats-base-dists-chisquare-cdf' );

var opts = {
    'dtype': 'float64'
};
var x = uniform( 20, 0.0, 10.0, opts );
var k = discreteUniform( 20, 0, 10, opts );

logEachMap( 'x: %0.4f, k: %d, F(x;k): %0.4f', x, k, cdf );

Notice

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