testQuantiles: Function to test quantile equality for theoretical and...

In MBASED: Package containing functions for ASE analysis using Meta-analysis Based Allele-Specific Expression Detection

Description

Function to test quantile equality for theoretical and observed distributions

Usage

testQuantiles(theoreticalCumDist, observedCumDist, numTotalCounts,
  numSEsToCheck, errorMessage)

Arguments

theoreticalCumDist	for (unspecified) value of x, P(X<=x)
observedCumDist	for (unspecified) value of x, observed Fraction(values<=x) = Num(values<=x)/Num(total values). Actual values of x must be the same as those for corresponding entries in theoreticalCumDist
numTotalCounts	Num(total values) (see argument observedCumDist)
numSEsToCheck	number of standard errors to go in each direction from theoretical quantity to see if the estimate falls into the confidence interval
errorMessage	error message to return if observed fraction falls outside of confidence interval

Details

For some random variable X, observed sample x1, x2, .., xN, and attainable value x, we compare theoretical P(X<=x) to observed Num(xi <= x)/N.

Value

TRUE (all tests were passed, otherwise exits with error message).

See Also

Other unitTestsFunctions: testNumericDiff

MBASED documentation built on Nov. 8, 2020, 5:53 p.m.