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gausstest: Classical Gauss Test

Description

One and two sample Gauss test for equal mean of normal random variates with known variance.

Usage

Gauss.test(x,y=NULL,mean=0,sd=1,alternative = c("two.sided", "less", "greater"))

Value

A classical "htest" object

data.name

The name of the dataset as specified

method

a name for the test used

parameter

the mean and variance provided to the test

alternative

an empty string

p.value

The p.value computed for this test

Arguments

x

a numeric vector providing the first dataset

y

optional second dataset

mean

the mean to compare with

sd

the known standard deviation

alternative

the alternative to be used in the test

Author

K.Gerald v.d. Boogaart http://www.stat.boogaart.de

Details

The Gauss test is in every Text-Book, but not in R, because it is nearly never used. However it is included here for educational purposes.

See Also

Examples

Run this code
x <- rnorm(100)
y <- rnorm(100)
Gauss.test(x,y)

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