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)
x <- rpois(n = 100, lambda = 1)
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)
x <- rcauchy(n = 100, location = 3, scale = 5)
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)
x <- c(rgamma(n = 50, shape = 1, rate = 2), rgamma(n = 50, shape = 2, rate = 2), rgamma(n = 50, shape = 3, rate = 2))
fctr <- c(rep(1, 50), rep(2, 50), rep(3, 50))
fctr <- factor(fctr, levels = c("1", "2", "3"))
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)
x <- rnorm(n = 25, mean = 1, sd = 1)
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
X is normally distributed with mu equal to 3 and standard deviation
equal to 2. The two intervals for
set.seed(1)
x <- rnorm(n = 500, mean = 3, sd = 2)
exactTest <- t.test(x = x, mu = 2.5, alternative = "two.sided", conf.level = .95)
likelihoodTest <- gaussian_mu_one_sample(x = x, mu = 2.5, alternative = "two.sided", conf.level = .95)
as.numeric(exactTest$conf.int)
#> [1] 2.867461 3.223115
likelihoodTest$conf.int
#> [1] 2.867729 3.222847The confidence intervals for variance are similar as well.
set.seed(1)
x <- rnorm(n = 500, mean = 3, sd = 2)
sigma2 <- 1.5^2 # Variance, not standard deviation.
exactTest <- EnvStats::varTest(x = x, sigma.squared = sigma2, alternative = "two.sided", conf.level = .95)
likelihoodTest <- gaussian_variance_one_sample(x = x, sigma.squared = sigma2, alternative = "two.sided", conf.level = .95)
as.numeric(exactTest$conf.int)
#> [1] 3.631734 4.655834
likelihoodTest$conf.int
#> [1] 3.620303 4.639384Changing to p for a binomial random variable, the confidence intervals are similar yet again.
exactTest <- stats::binom.test(x = 250, n = 500, p = .50, alternative = "two.sided", conf.level = .95)
likelihoodTest <- binomial_p_one_sample(x = 250, n = 500, p = .50, alternative = "two.sided", conf.level = .95)
as.numeric(exactTest$conf.int)
#> [1] 0.4552856 0.5447144
likelihoodTest$conf.int
#> [1] 0.4562579 0.5437421When 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.