-- | -- Module : Statistics.Test.MannWhitneyU -- Copyright : (c) 2010 Neil Brown -- License : BSD3 -- -- Maintainer : bos@serpentine.com -- Stability : experimental -- Portability : portable -- -- Mann-Whitney U test (also know as Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon and -- Wilcoxon rank sum test) is a non-parametric test for assesing -- whether two samples of independent observations have different -- mean. module Statistics.Test.MannWhitneyU ( -- * Mann-Whitney U test mannWhitneyUtest , mannWhitneyU , mannWhitneyUCriticalValue , mannWhitneyUSignificant -- ** Wilcoxon rank sum test , wilcoxonRankSums -- * Data types , TestType(..) , TestResult(..) -- * References -- $references ) where import Control.Applicative ((<$>)) import Data.List (findIndex) import Data.Ord (comparing) import qualified Data.Vector.Unboxed as U import Numeric.SpecFunctions (choose) import Statistics.Distribution (quantile) import Statistics.Distribution.Normal (standard) import Statistics.Types (Sample) import Statistics.Function (sortBy) import Statistics.Test.Types import Statistics.Test.Internal -- | The Wilcoxon Rank Sums Test. -- -- This test calculates the sum of ranks for the given two samples. The samples -- are ordered, and assigned ranks (ties are given their average rank), then these -- ranks are summed for each sample. -- -- The return value is (W₁, W₂) where W₁ is the sum of ranks of the first sample -- and W₂ is the sum of ranks of the second sample. This test is trivially transformed -- into the Mann-Whitney U test. You will probably want to use 'mannWhitneyU' -- and the related functions for testing significance, but this function is exposed -- for completeness. wilcoxonRankSums :: Sample -> Sample -> (Double, Double) wilcoxonRankSums xs1 xs2 = ( U.sum ranks1 , U.sum ranks2 ) where -- Ranks for each sample (ranks1,ranks2) = splitByTags $ U.zip tags (rank (==) joinSample) -- Sorted and tagged sample (tags,joinSample) = U.unzip $ sortBy (comparing snd) $ tagSample True xs1 U.++ tagSample False xs2 -- Add tag to a sample tagSample t = U.map ((,) t) -- | The Mann-Whitney U Test. -- -- This is sometimes known as the Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon U test, and -- confusingly many sources state that the Mann-Whitney U test is the same as -- the Wilcoxon's rank sum test (which is provided as 'wilcoxonRankSums'). -- The Mann-Whitney U is a simple transform of Wilcoxon's rank sum test. -- -- Again confusingly, different sources state reversed definitions for U₁ -- and U₂, so it is worth being explicit about what this function returns. -- Given two samples, the first, xs₁, of size n₁ and the second, xs₂, -- of size n₂, this function returns (U₁, U₂) -- where U₁ = W₁ - (n₁(n₁+1))\/2 -- and U₂ = W₂ - (n₂(n₂+1))\/2, -- where (W₁, W₂) is the return value of @wilcoxonRankSums xs1 xs2@. -- -- Some sources instead state that U₁ and U₂ should be the other way round, often -- expressing this using U₁' = n₁n₂ - U₁ (since U₁ + U₂ = n₁n₂). -- -- All of which you probably don't care about if you just feed this into 'mannWhitneyUSignificant'. mannWhitneyU :: Sample -> Sample -> (Double, Double) mannWhitneyU xs1 xs2 = (fst summedRanks - (n1*(n1 + 1))/2 ,snd summedRanks - (n2*(n2 + 1))/2) where n1 = fromIntegral $ U.length xs1 n2 = fromIntegral $ U.length xs2 summedRanks = wilcoxonRankSums xs1 xs2 -- | Calculates the critical value of Mann-Whitney U for the given sample -- sizes and significance level. -- -- This function returns the exact calculated value of U for all sample sizes; -- it does not use the normal approximation at all. Above sample size 20 it is -- generally recommended to use the normal approximation instead, but this function -- will calculate the higher critical values if you need them. -- -- The algorithm to generate these values is a faster, memoised version of the -- simple unoptimised generating function given in section 2 of \"The Mann Whitney -- Wilcoxon Distribution Using Linked Lists\" mannWhitneyUCriticalValue :: (Int, Int) -- ^ The sample size -> Double -- ^ The p-value (e.g. 0.05) for which you want the critical value. -> Maybe Int -- ^ The critical value (of U). mannWhitneyUCriticalValue (m, n) p | m < 1 || n < 1 = Nothing -- Sample must be nonempty | p >= 1 = Nothing -- Nonsensical p-value | p' <= 1 = Nothing -- p-value is too small. Null hypothesys couln't be disproved | otherwise = findIndex (>= p') $ take (m*n) $ tail $ alookup !! (m+n-2) !! (min m n - 1) where mnCn = (m+n) `choose` n p' = mnCn * p {- -- Original function, without memoisation, from Cheung and Klotz: -- Double is needed to avoid integer overflows. a :: Int -> Int -> Int -> Double a u bigN m | u < 0 = 0 | u >= m * n = bigN `choose` m | m == 1 || n == 1 = fromIntegral (u + 1) | otherwise = a u (bigN - 1) m + a (u - n) (bigN - 1) (m-1) where n = bigN - m -} -- Memoised version of the original a function, above. -- -- Doubles are stored to avoid integer overflow. 32-bit Ints begin to -- overflow for bigN as small as 33 (64-bit one at 66) while Double to -- go to infinity till bigN=1029 -- -- -- outer list is indexed by big N - 2 -- inner list by (m-1) (we know m < bigN) -- innermost list by u -- -- So: (alookup !! (bigN - 2) !! (m - 1) ! u) == a u bigN m alookup :: [[[Double]]] alookup = gen 2 [1 : repeat 2] where gen bigN predBigNList = let bigNlist = [ [ amemoed u m | u <- [0 .. m*(bigN-m)] ] ++ repeat (bigN `choose` m) | m <- [1 .. (bigN-1)]] -- has bigN-1 elements in bigNlist : gen (bigN+1) bigNlist where amemoed :: Int -> Int -> Double amemoed u m | m == 1 || n == 1 = fromIntegral (u + 1) | otherwise = mList !! u + if u < n then 0 else predmList !! (u-n) where n = bigN - m (predmList : mList : _) = drop (m-2) predBigNList -- Lists for m-1 and m respectively. i-th list correspond to m=i+1 -- -- We know that predBigNList has bigN - 2 elements -- (and we know that n > 1 therefore bigN > m + 1) -- So bigN - 2 >= m, i.e. predBigNList must have at least m elements -- elements, so dropping (m-2) must leave at least 2 -- | Calculates whether the Mann Whitney U test is significant. -- -- If both sample sizes are less than or equal to 20, the exact U critical value -- (as calculated by 'mannWhitneyUCriticalValue') is used. If either sample is -- larger than 20, the normal approximation is used instead. -- -- If you use a one-tailed test, the test indicates whether the first sample is -- significantly larger than the second. If you want the opposite, simply reverse -- the order in both the sample size and the (U₁, U₂) pairs. mannWhitneyUSignificant :: TestType -- ^ Perform one-tailed test (see description above). -> (Int, Int) -- ^ The samples' size from which the (U₁,U₂) values were derived. -> Double -- ^ The p-value at which to test (e.g. 0.05) -> (Double, Double) -- ^ The (U₁, U₂) values from 'mannWhitneyU'. -> Maybe TestResult -- ^ Return 'Nothing' if the sample was too -- small to make a decision. mannWhitneyUSignificant test (in1, in2) p (u1, u2) --Use normal approximation | in1 > 20 || in2 > 20 = let mean = n1 * n2 / 2 sigma = sqrt $ n1*n2*(n1 + n2 + 1) / 12 z = (mean - u1) / sigma in Just $ case test of OneTailed -> significant $ z < quantile standard p TwoTailed -> significant $ abs z > abs (quantile standard (p/2)) -- Use exact critical value | otherwise = do crit <- fromIntegral <$> mannWhitneyUCriticalValue (in1, in2) p return $ case test of OneTailed -> significant $ u2 <= crit TwoTailed -> significant $ min u1 u2 <= crit where n1 = fromIntegral in1 n2 = fromIntegral in2 -- | Perform Mann-Whitney U Test for two samples and required -- significance. For additional information check documentation of -- 'mannWhitneyU' and 'mannWhitneyUSignificant'. This is just a helper -- function. -- -- One-tailed test checks whether first sample is significantly larger -- than second. Two-tailed whether they are significantly different. mannWhitneyUtest :: TestType -- ^ Perform one-tailed test (see description above). -> Double -- ^ The p-value at which to test (e.g. 0.05) -> Sample -- ^ First sample -> Sample -- ^ Second sample -> Maybe TestResult -- ^ Return 'Nothing' if the sample was too small to -- make a decision. mannWhitneyUtest ontTail p smp1 smp2 = mannWhitneyUSignificant ontTail (n1,n2) p $ mannWhitneyU smp1 smp2 where n1 = U.length smp1 n2 = U.length smp2 -- $references -- -- * Cheung, Y.K.; Klotz, J.H. (1997) The Mann Whitney Wilcoxon -- distribution using linked lists. /Statistica Sinica/ -- 7:805–813. -- .