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LRTesteR provides likelihood ratio tests and confidence intervals for many common distributions.
To test lambda, simply call poisson_lambda_one_sample.
library(LRTesteR)
set.seed(1)
<- rpois(n = 100, lambda = 1)
x poisson_lambda_one_sample(x = x, lambda = 1, alternative = "two.sided")
#> Log Likelihood Statistic: 0.01
#> p value: 0.92
#> Confidence Level: 95%
#> Confidence Interval: (0.826, 1.22)
To get a confidence interval, set the conf.level to the desired confidence. Below gets a two sided 90% confidence interval for scale from a Cauchy random variable.
set.seed(1)
<- rcauchy(n = 100, location = 3, scale = 5)
x cauchy_scale_one_sample(x = x, scale = 5, alternative = "two.sided", conf.level = .90)
#> Log Likelihood Statistic: 1.21
#> p value: 0.271
#> Confidence Level: 90%
#> Confidence Interval: (4.64, 7.284)
Setting alternative to “less” gets a lower one sided interval.
cauchy_scale_one_sample(x = x, scale = 5, alternative = "less", conf.level = .90)
#> Log Likelihood Statistic: 1.1
#> p value: 0.865
#> Confidence Level: 90%
#> Confidence Interval: (0, 6.93)
Setting it to “greater” gets an upper one sided interval.
cauchy_scale_one_sample(x = x, scale = 5, alternative = "greater", conf.level = .90)
#> Log Likelihood Statistic: 1.1
#> p value: 0.135
#> Confidence Level: 90%
#> Confidence Interval: (4.878, Inf)
One-way ANOVA is generalized to all distributions. Here gamma random variables are created with different shapes. The one way test has a small p value and provides confidence intervals with 95% confidence for the whole set.
set.seed(1)
<- c(rgamma(n = 50, shape = 1, rate = 2), rgamma(n = 50, shape = 2, rate = 2), rgamma(n = 50, shape = 3, rate = 2))
x <- c(rep(1, 50), rep(2, 50), rep(3, 50))
fctr <- factor(fctr, levels = c("1", "2", "3"))
fctr gamma_shape_one_way(x = x, fctr = fctr, conf.level = .95)
#> Log Likelihood Statistic: 68.59
#> p value: 0
#> Confidence Level Of Set: 95%
#> Individual Confidence Level: 98.3%
#> Confidence Interval For Group 1: (0.65, 1.515)
#> Confidence Interval For Group 2: (1.376, 3.376)
#> Confidence Interval For Group 3: (1.691, 4.192)
The empirical likelihood tests do not require any distributional assumptions and work with less data.
set.seed(1)
<- rnorm(n = 25, mean = 1, sd = 1)
x empirical_mu_one_sample(x = x, mu = 1, alternative = "two.sided")
#> Log Likelihood Statistic: 0.73
#> p value: 0.392
#> Confidence Level: 95%
#> Confidence Interval: (0.752, 1.501)
As implemented, all functions depend on the asymptotic \(\chi^2\) approximation. To get a sense of accuracy of this approximation for large samples, the likelihood tests are compared to the exact tests.
X is normally distributed with mu equal to 3 and standard deviation equal to 2. The two intervals for \(\mu\) are similar.
set.seed(1)
<- rnorm(n = 500, mean = 3, sd = 2)
x <- t.test(x = x, mu = 2.5, alternative = "two.sided", conf.level = .95)
exactTest <- gaussian_mu_one_sample(x = x, mu = 2.5, alternative = "two.sided", conf.level = .95)
likelihoodTest as.numeric(exactTest$conf.int)
#> [1] 2.867461 3.223115
$conf.int
likelihoodTest#> [1] 2.867729 3.222847
The confidence intervals for variance are similar as well.
set.seed(1)
<- rnorm(n = 500, mean = 3, sd = 2)
x <- 1.5^2 # Variance, not standard deviation.
sigma2 <- EnvStats::varTest(x = x, sigma.squared = sigma2, alternative = "two.sided", conf.level = .95)
exactTest <- gaussian_variance_one_sample(x = x, sigma.squared = sigma2, alternative = "two.sided", conf.level = .95)
likelihoodTest as.numeric(exactTest$conf.int)
#> [1] 3.631734 4.655834
$conf.int
likelihoodTest#> [1] 3.620303 4.639384
Changing to p for a binomial random variable, the confidence intervals are similar yet again.
<- stats::binom.test(x = 250, n = 500, p = .50, alternative = "two.sided", conf.level = .95)
exactTest <- binomial_p_one_sample(x = 250, n = 500, p = .50, alternative = "two.sided", conf.level = .95)
likelihoodTest as.numeric(exactTest$conf.int)
#> [1] 0.4552856 0.5447144
$conf.int
likelihoodTest#> [1] 0.4562579 0.5437421
When sample size is small, similarity will decrease. When exact methods are available, they are the better option. The utility of the likelihood based approach is its generality. Many tests in this package don’t have other well known options.
Estimated asymptotic type I and type II error rates can be found here.
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They may not be fully stable and should be used with caution. We make no claims about them.