knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = TRUE)
Coefficient of variation ($CV$) is a measure of relative dispersion representing
the degree of variability relative to the mean [@Albatineh2014].
Since cv is unitless, it is useful for comparison of variables with different
units [@Albatineh2014]. It is also a measure of homogeneity. The population coefficient of variation is:
$$CV = \frac{\sigma}{\mu},$$
where $\sigma$ is the population standard deviation and $\mu$ is the population mean. Almost always, we analyze data from samples but want to generalize it
as the population's parameter [@Albatineh2014]. Its sample's estimate is given
as:
$$cv = \frac{sd}{\bar{X}}$$
where $sd$ is the sample standard deviation, the square root of the unbiased estimator of population variance, and $\bar{X}$ is the sample mean. The
corrected cv to account for the sample size is:
$$
cv_{corr} = cv * \biggl(1 - \frac{1}{4(n-1)}
+ \frac{1}{n}cv^2
+ \frac{1}{2 (n-1)^2} \biggr)
$$
There are various methods for the calculation of confidence intervals (CI)
for cv. All of them are fruitful and have particular use cases. Some of them
are model-based hence their usage depends the assumptions regarding the distribution of data. For sake of versatility, we cover almost all of these methods in DescObs
package. Here, we explain them along with some examples:
Let us assume that CV follows a noncentral t distribution, when the parent population of the scores is normally-distributed, with noncentrality
($\lambda$) parameter:
$$
\lambda = \frac{\sqrt{n}}{cv}
$$
with v degrees of freedom, where $v = n - 1$.
Let $1 - \alpha$ be the CI coverage with $\alpha_L + \alpha_U = \alpha$ in which $\alpha_L$ is the the proportion of times that cv will be
less than the lower confidence bound and $\alpha_U$ the proportion of times that
cv will be greater than the upper confidence bound in the CI procedure [@Kelley2007]. The lower confidence tile for $\lambda$ is is the noncentrality parameter that results in $t_{(1-\alpha_L,v,\lambda_L)}=\hat{\lambda}$ and the
upper confdence tile for $\lambda$ is is the noncentrality parameter that
results in $t_{(\alpha_U,v,\lambda_U)}=\hat{\lambda}$, where $t_{(1-\alpha_L,v,\lambda_L)}=\hat{\lambda}$ is the value of noncentral t distribution at the $1-\alpha_L$ quantile with noncentrality parameter $\lambda_L$ and $t_{(\alpha_U,v,\lambda_U)}=\hat{\lambda}$ is the value of noncentral t distribution at the $\alpha_U$ quantile with noncentrality parameter $\lambda_U$, respectively [@Kelley2007].
Afterwards, we transform the tiles of the confidence interval for $\lambda$, by
dividing the tiles by $\sqrt{n}$ and therafter inversing them; the CI limits of
$cv$ will be obtaned:
$$
p\left[\biggl(\frac{\lambda_U}{\sqrt{n}}\biggr)^{-1}
\le CV \le \biggl(\frac{\lambda_L}{\sqrt{n}}\biggr)^{-1}\right] = 1-\alpha
$$
where $p$ stands for probability. Thanks to package MBESS
[@Kelley2018] for
the computation of confidence limits for the noncentrality parameter from a t distribution (conf.limits.nct
), $cv$ will be obtained as:
library(dplyr) library(boot) x <- c( 0.2, 0.5, 1.1, 1.4, 1.8, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 3.5, 4.4, 4.6, 5.4, 5.4, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 6.0, 6.6, 7.1, 7.9 ) cv_versatile <- function( x, # Currently there are methods for numeric vectors na.rm = FALSE, # indicating whether NA values should be stripped digits = 1, # digits of output after rounding. default is 4 method = NULL, # method for the computation of confidence interval (CI) correction = FALSE, # indicating whether to compute the unbiased statistics alpha = 0.05, # The allowed type I error probability R = NULL, # integer indicating the number of bootstrap replicates ... ) { # library(MBESS) # require(dplyr) # require(SciViews) # require(boot) if (missing(x) || is.null(x)) { stop("object 'x' not found") } else if (!missing(x)) { x <- x } if (!is.numeric(x)) { stop("argument is not a numeric vector: returning NA") return(NA_real_) } na.rm <- na.rm # removes NAs if TRUE if (na.rm == TRUE) { x <- x[!is.na(x)] } else if (anyNA(x)) { stop( "missing values and NaN's not allowed if 'na.rm' is FALSE" ) } if (is.null(digits)) { digits = 1 } if (is.null(R)) { R = 1000 } digits <- digits # digits required for rounding shortest_length <- data.frame( # "a" and "b" values for shortest-length CI v = c( # degrees of freedom 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300 ), al = c( # al is the allowed type I error probability 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01 ), a = c( # a is an attribute for the length of CI 0.2065, 0.5654, 1.02, 1.5352, 2.093, 2.6828, 3.2981, 3.9343, 4.5883, 5.2573, 5.9397, 6.6337, 7.3382, 8.0521, 8.7745, 9.5047, 10.2421, 10.9861, 11.7362, 12.4919, 13.253, 14.0191, 14.7899, 15.565, 16.3443, 17.1275, 17.9144, 18.7049, 19.4987, 27.5919, 35.9012, 44.3661, 52.9501, 61.629, 70.386, 79.2086, 124.0372, 169.6646, 215.8057, 262.3132, 0.1015, 0.3449, 0.6918, 1.1092, 1.5776, 2.0851, 2.6235, 3.1874, 3.7729, 4.3768, 4.9967, 5.6308, 6.2776, 6.9357, 7.6042, 8.282, 8.9685, 9.6629, 10.3647, 11.0733, 11.7882, 12.5092, 13.2357, 13.9675, 14.7043, 15.4458, 16.1917, 16.9419, 17.6961, 25.4233, 33.4085, 41.5794, 49.8923, 58.3183, 66.8374, 75.4347, 119.2737, 164.0642, 209.4667, 255.3057, 0.02, 0.114, 0.2937, 0.5461, 0.8567, 1.2143, 1.6107, 2.0394, 2.4958, 2.976, 3.4771, 3.9968, 4.5329, 5.084, 5.6487, 6.2256, 6.8139, 7.4126, 8.0209, 8.6383, 9.264, 9.8976, 10.5385, 11.1864, 11.8408, 12.5014, 13.1678, 13.8397, 14.517, 21.5331, 28.8879, 36.4863, 44.2711, 52.2044, 60.2597, 68.4177, 110.3262, 153.4834, 197.444, 241.9776 ), b = c( # b is an attribute for the length of CI 12.5208, 13.1532, 14.18, 15.3498, 16.5807, 17.8391, 19.1099, 20.3848, 21.6598, 22.9325, 24.2016, 25.4666, 26.7269, 27.9825, 29.2334, 30.4796, 31.7212, 32.9585, 34.1915, 35.4205, 36.6455, 37.8668, 39.0844, 40.2986, 41.5095, 42.7171, 43.9217, 45.1234, 46.3222, 58.1755, 69.8342, 81.3479, 92.7487, 104.0584, 115.2925, 126.4628, 181.6128, 235.9748, 289.8273, 343.3155, 15.1194, 15.5897, 16.5735, 17.7432, 18.9954, 20.2863, 21.5953, 22.9118, 24.2303, 25.5476, 26.8618, 28.1717, 29.4769, 30.777, 32.072, 33.3619, 34.6467, 35.9266, 37.2016, 38.472, 39.7379, 40.9995, 42.257, 43.5105, 44.7601, 46.006, 47.2483, 48.4872, 49.7229, 61.9217, 73.892, 85.6914, 97.3573, 108.9153, 120.3839, 131.7767, 187.9079, 243.1025, 297.691, 351.8461, 20.8264, 20.9856, 21.8371, 22.9867, 24.2618, 25.6017, 26.9749, 28.3643, 29.7602, 31.158, 32.5543, 33.9474, 35.3358, 36.7192, 38.0968, 39.4688, 40.8347, 42.1952, 43.5498, 44.8989, 46.2426, 47.581, 48.9144, 50.2428, 51.5665, 52.8856, 54.2002, 55.5107, 56.8169, 69.6808, 82.2534, 94.6063, 106.7867, 118.8272, 130.7514, 142.5771, 200.6194, 257.4375, 313.462, 368.9185 ) ) if ("kelley" %in% method) { if (!require(MBESS)) { warning( "package 'MBESS' required to calculate Kelley's confidence interval" ) } } cv <- ( sd(x, na.rm = na.rm)/mean(x, na.rm = na.rm) # coefficient of variation ) cv_corr <- cv * ( (1 - (1/(4 * (length(x) - 1))) + # corrected coefficient of variation (1/length(x)) * cv^2) + (1/(2 * (length(x) - 1)^2)) ) if (is.null(method) == TRUE & correction == FALSE) { return( list( method = "cv = sd/mean (may be biased)", statistics = data.frame( est = round(cv*100, digits = digits), row.names = c(" ") ) ) ) } else if (is.null(method) == TRUE & correction == TRUE) { return( list( method = "Corrected (i.e., unbiased) cv", statistics = data.frame( est = round(cv_corr*100, digits = digits), row.names = c(" ") ) ) ) } else if (!is.null(method)) { method <- tolower(method) # convert user's input to lower-case method <- match.arg( # match the user's input with available methods arg = method, choices = c( "kelley", "mckay", "miller", "vangel", "mahmoudvand_hassani", "equal_tailed", "shortest_length", "normal_approximation", "norm","basic", "perc", "bca", "all" ), several.ok = TRUE ) } # calculating cv's bootstrap CI boot.cv <- boot::boot( x, function(x, i) { # coefficient of variation sd(x[i], na.rm = na.rm)/mean(x[i], na.rm = na.rm) }, R = R ) boot.cv_corr <- boot::boot( x, function(x, i) { # corrected coefficient of variation sd(x[i], na.rm = na.rm)/mean(x[i], na.rm = na.rm) * ( (1 - (1/(4 * (length(x[i]) - 1))) + (1/length(x)) * ( sd(x[i], na.rm = na.rm)/mean(x[i], na.rm = na.rm) )^2) + (1/(2 * (length(x) - 1)^2)) ) }, R = R ) # calculating cv and its CI attributes based on selected methods if ("kelley" %in% method && correction == FALSE) { ci <- MBESS::conf.limits.nct( ncp = sqrt(length(x))/cv_corr, df = length(x) - 1, conf.level = (1 - alpha) ) est.kelley <- cv # cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.kelley <- unname(sqrt(length(x))/ci$Upper.Limit) upper.tile.kelley <- unname(sqrt(length(x))/ci$Lower.Limit) } else if ("kelley" %in% method && correction == TRUE) { ci <- MBESS::conf.limits.nct( ncp = sqrt(length(x))/cv_corr, df = length(x) - 1, conf.level = (1 - alpha) ) est.kelley <- cv_corr # corrected cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.kelley <- unname(sqrt(length(x))/ci$Upper.Limit) upper.tile.kelley <- unname(sqrt(length(x))/ci$Lower.Limit) } else if ("mckay" %in% method && correction == FALSE) { if (cv > 0.33) { warning("Confidence interval may be very approximate") } v <- length(x) - 1 t1 <- qchisq(1 - alpha/2,v)/v t2 <- qchisq(alpha/2,v)/v u1 <- v*t1 u2 <- v*t2 est.mckay <- cv # cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.mckay <- cv/sqrt((u1/(v + 1) - 1 )*(cv^2) + u1/v) upper.tile.mckay <- cv/sqrt((u2/(v + 1) - 1)*(cv^2) + u2/v) } else if ("mckay" %in% method && correction == TRUE) { if (cv_corr > 0.33) { warning("Confidence interval may be very approximate") } v <- length(x) - 1 t1 <- qchisq(1 - alpha/2,v)/v t2 <- qchisq(alpha/2,v)/v u1 <- v*t1 u2 <- v*t2 est.mckay <- cv_corr # corrected cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.mckay <- cv_corr/sqrt((u1/(v + 1) - 1 )*(cv_corr^2) + u1/v) upper.tile.mckay <- cv_corr/sqrt((u2/(v + 1) - 1)*(cv_corr^2) + u2/v) } else if ("miller" %in% method && correction == FALSE) { v <- length(x) - 1 z_alpha_over2 <- qnorm(1 - (alpha/2)) u <- sqrt( (cv^2/v) * (0.5 + cv^2) ) zu <- z_alpha_over2 * u est.miller <- cv # cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.miller <- cv - zu upper.tile.miller <- cv + zu } else if ("miller" %in% method && correction == TRUE) { v <- length(x) - 1 z_alpha_over2 <- qnorm(1 - (alpha/2)) u <- sqrt( (cv_corr^2/v) * (0.5 + cv_corr^2) ) zu <- z_alpha_over2 * u est.miller <- cv_corr # corrected cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.miller <- cv_corr - zu upper.tile.miller <- cv_corr + zu } else if ("vangel" %in% method && correction == FALSE) { if (cv > 0.33) { warning("Confidence interval may be very approximate") } v <- length(x) - 1 t1 <- qchisq(1 - alpha/2,v)/v t2 <- qchisq(alpha/2,v)/v u1 <- v*t1 u2 <- v*t2 est.vangel <- cv # cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.vangel <- cv/sqrt(((u1 + 1)/(v + 1) - 1 )*(cv^2) + u1/v) upper.tile.vangel <- cv/sqrt(((u2 + 1)/(v + 1) - 1)*(cv^2) + u2/v) } else if ("vangel" %in% method && correction == TRUE) { if (cv_corr > 0.33) { warning("Confidence interval may be very approximate") } v <- length(x) - 1 t1 <- qchisq(1 - alpha/2,v)/v t2 <- qchisq(alpha/2,v)/v u1 <- v*t1 u2 <- v*t2 est.vangel <- cv_corr # corrected cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.vangel <- cv_corr/sqrt( ((u1 + 1)/(v + 1) - 1 )*(cv_corr^2) + u1/v ) upper.tile.vangel <- cv_corr/sqrt( ((u2 + 1)/(v + 1) - 1)*(cv_corr^2) + u2/v ) } else if ("mahmoudvand_hassani" %in% method && correction == FALSE) { if (length(x) <= 340) { cn <- sqrt(2/(length(x) - 1)) * ( (gamma(length(x)/2))/(gamma((length(x) - 1)/2)) ) } else { cn <- sqrt(2/(length(x) - 1)) * ( (lgamma(length(x)/2))/(lgamma((length(x) - 1)/2)) ) } ul <- 2 - (cn + (qnorm((alpha/2)) * sqrt(1 - cn^2))) uu <- 2 - (cn - (qnorm((alpha/2)) * sqrt(1 - cn^2))) est.mahmoud <- cv # cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.mahmoud <- cv/ul upper.tile.mahmoud <- cv/uu } else if ("mahmoudvand_hassani" %in% method && correction == TRUE) { if (length(x) <= 340) { cn <- sqrt(2/(length(x) - 1)) * ( (gamma(length(x)/2))/(gamma((length(x) - 1)/2)) ) } else { cn <- sqrt(2/(length(x) - 1)) * ( (lgamma(length(x)/2))/(lgamma((length(x) - 1)/2)) ) } ul <- 2 - (cn + (qnorm((alpha/2)) * sqrt(1 - cn^2))) uu <- 2 - (cn - (qnorm((alpha/2)) * sqrt(1 - cn^2))) est.mahmoud <- cv_corr # corrected cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.mahmoud <- cv_corr/ul upper.tile.mahmoud <- cv_corr/uu } else if ("normal_approximation" %in% method && correction == FALSE) { cn <- sqrt(1 - (1/(2 * length(x)))) ul <- cn + (qnorm(1 - (alpha/2)) * sqrt(1 - cn^2)) uu <- cn - (qnorm(1 - (alpha/2)) * sqrt(1 - cn^2)) est.normaapprox <- cv # cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.normaapprox <- cv/ul upper.tile.normaapprox <- cv/uu } else if ("normal_approximation" %in% method && correction == TRUE) { cn <- sqrt(1 - (1/(2 * length(x)))) ul <- cn + (qnorm(1 - (alpha/2)) * sqrt(1 - cn^2)) uu <- cn - (qnorm(1 - (alpha/2)) * sqrt(1 - cn^2)) est.normaapprox <- cv_corr # corrected cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.normaapprox <- cv_corr/ul upper.tile.normaapprox <- cv_corr/uu } else if ("shortest_length" %in% method && correction == FALSE) { if (length(x) <= 300) { a_value <- shortest_length %>% subset(al == alpha & v == length(x) - 1) %>% dplyr::select(a) b_value <- shortest_length %>% subset(al == alpha & v == length(x) - 1) %>% dplyr::select(b) } else if (length(x) > 300) { a_value <- shortest_length %>% subset(al == alpha & v == 300) %>% dplyr::select(a) b_value <- shortest_length %>% subset(al == alpha & v == 300) %>% dplyr::select(b) } est.shortest <- cv # cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.shortest <- (cv*sqrt(length(x) - 1))/sqrt(b_value$b) upper.tile.shortest <- (cv*sqrt(length(x) - 1))/sqrt(a_value$a) } else if ("shortest_length" %in% method && correction == TRUE) { if (length(x) <= 300) { a_value <- shortest_length %>% subset(al == alpha & v == length(x) - 1) %>% dplyr::select(a) b_value <- shortest_length %>% subset(al == alpha & v == length(x) - 1) %>% dplyr::select(b) } else if (length(x) > 300) { a_value <- shortest_length %>% subset(al == alpha & v == 300) %>% dplyr::select(a) b_value <- shortest_length %>% subset(al == alpha & v == 300) %>% dplyr::select(b) } est.shortest <- cv_corr # corrected cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.shortest <- (cv_corr*sqrt(length(x) - 1))/sqrt(b_value$b) upper.tile.shortest <- (cv_corr*sqrt(length(x) - 1))/sqrt(a_value$a) } else if ("equal_tailed" %in% method && correction == FALSE) { v <- length(x) - 1 tt1 <- qchisq(1 - alpha/2,v) tt2 <- qchisq(alpha/2,v) est.equal <- cv # cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.equal <- (cv*sqrt(v))/(sqrt(tt1)) upper.tile.equal <- (cv*sqrt(v))/(sqrt(tt2)) } else if ("equal_tailed" %in% method && correction == TRUE) { v <- length(x) - 1 tt1 <- qchisq(1 - alpha/2,v) tt2 <- qchisq(alpha/2,v) est.equal <- cv_corr # corrected cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.equal <- (cv_corr*sqrt(v))/(sqrt(tt1)) upper.tile.equal <- (cv_corr*sqrt(v))/(sqrt(tt2)) } else if ("norm" %in% method && correction == FALSE) { boot.normcv.ci <- boot::boot.ci( boot.cv, conf = (1 - alpha), type = "norm" ) est.norm <- cv # cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.norm <- boot.normcv.ci$normal[2] upper.tile.norm <- boot.normcv.ci$normal[3] } else if ("norm" %in% method && correction == TRUE) { boot.normcv_corr.ci <- boot::boot.ci( boot.cv_corr, conf = (1 - alpha), type = "norm" ) est.norm <- cv_corr # corrected cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.norm <- boot.normcv_corr.ci$normal[2] upper.tile.norm <- boot.normcv_corr.ci$normal[3] } else if ("basic" %in% method && correction == FALSE) { boot.basiccv.ci <- boot::boot.ci( boot.cv, conf = (1 - alpha), type = "basic" ) est.basic <- cv # cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.basic <- boot.basiccv.ci$basic[4] upper.tile.basic <- boot.basiccv.ci$basic[5] } else if ("basic" %in% method && correction == TRUE) { boot.basiccv_corr.ci <- boot::boot.ci( boot.cv_corr, conf = (1 - alpha), type = "basic" ) est.basic <- cv_corr # corrected cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.basic <- boot.basiccv_corr.ci$basic[4] upper.tile.basic <- boot.basiccv_corr.ci$basic[5] } else if ("perc" %in% method && correction == FALSE) { boot.percentcv.ci <- boot::boot.ci( boot.cv, conf = (1 - alpha), type = "basic" ) est.percent <- cv # cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.percent <- boot.percentcv.ci$percent[4] upper.tile.percent <- boot.percentcv.ci$percent[5] } else if ("perc" %in% method && correction == TRUE) { boot.percentcv_corr.ci <- boot::boot.ci( boot.cv_corr, conf = (1 - alpha), type = "basic" ) est.percent <- cv_corr # corrected cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.percent <- boot.percentcv_corr.ci$percent[4] upper.tile.percent <- boot.percentcv_corr.ci$percent[5] } else if ("bca" %in% method && correction == FALSE) { boot.bcacv.ci <- boot::boot.ci( boot.cv, conf = (1 - alpha), type = "basic" ) est.bca <- cv # cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.bca <- boot.bcacv.ci$bca[4] upper.tile.bca <- boot.bcacv.ci$bca[5] } else if ("bca" %in% method && correction == TRUE) { boot.bcacv_corr.ci <- boot::boot.ci( boot.cv_corr, conf = (1 - alpha), type = "basic" ) est.bca <- cv_corr # corrected cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.bca <- boot.bcacv_corr.ci$percent[4] upper.tile.bca <- boot.bcacv_corr.ci$percent[5] } else if (method == "all" && correction == FALSE) { est.all <- cv # cv is an estimate of CV ci <- MBESS::conf.limits.nct( ncp = sqrt(length(x))/cv_corr, df = length(x) - 1, conf.level = (1 - alpha) ) lower.tile.kelley <- unname(sqrt(length(x))/ci$Upper.Limit) upper.tile.kelley <- unname(sqrt(length(x))/ci$Lower.Limit) if (cv > 0.33) { warning("Confidence interval may be very approximate") } v <- length(x) - 1 t1 <- qchisq(1 - alpha/2,v)/v t2 <- qchisq(alpha/2,v)/v u1 <- v*t1 u2 <- v*t2 est.mckay <- cv # cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.mckay <- cv/sqrt((u1/(v + 1) - 1 )*(cv^2) + u1/v) upper.tile.mckay <- cv/sqrt((u2/(v + 1) - 1)*(cv^2) + u2/v) z_alpha_over2 <- qnorm(1 - (alpha/2)) u <- sqrt( (cv^2/v) * (0.5 + cv^2) ) zu <- z_alpha_over2 * u est.miller <- cv # cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.miller <- cv - zu upper.tile.miller <- cv + zu tt1 <- qchisq(1 - alpha/2,v)/v tt2 <- qchisq(alpha/2,v)/v uu1 <- v*tt1 uu2 <- v*tt2 est.vangel <- cv # cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.vangel <- cv/sqrt(((uu1 + 1)/(v + 1) - 1 )*(cv^2) + uu1/v) upper.tile.vangel <- cv/sqrt(((uu2 + 1)/(v + 1) - 1)*(cv^2) + uu2/v) if (length(x) <= 340) { cn <- sqrt(2/(length(x) - 1)) * ( (gamma(length(x)/2))/(gamma((length(x) - 1)/2)) ) } else { cn <- sqrt(2/(length(x) - 1)) * ( (lgamma(length(x)/2))/(lgamma((length(x) - 1)/2)) ) } ul <- 2 - (cn + (qnorm((alpha/2)) * sqrt(1 - cn^2))) uu <- 2 - (cn - (qnorm((alpha/2)) * sqrt(1 - cn^2))) est.mahmoud <- cv # cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.mahmoud <- cv/ul upper.tile.mahmoud <- cv/uu cnt <- sqrt(1 - (1/(2 * length(x)))) ult <- cnt + (qnorm(1 - (alpha/2)) * sqrt(1 - cnt^2)) uut <- cnt - (qnorm(1 - (alpha/2)) * sqrt(1 - cnt^2)) est.normaapprox <- cv # cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.normaapprox <- cv/ult upper.tile.normaapprox <- cv/uut if (length(x) <= 300) { a_value <- shortest_length %>% subset(al == alpha & v == length(x) - 1) %>% dplyr::select(a) b_value <- shortest_length %>% subset(al == alpha & v == length(x) - 1) %>% dplyr::select(b) } else if (length(x) > 300) { a_value <- shortest_length %>% subset(al == alpha & v == 300) %>% dplyr::select(a) b_value <- shortest_length %>% subset(al == alpha & v == 300) %>% dplyr::select(b) } est.shortest <- cv # cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.shortest <- (cv*sqrt(length(x) - 1))/sqrt(b_value$b) upper.tile.shortest <- (cv*sqrt(length(x) - 1))/sqrt(a_value$a) ttt1 <- qchisq(1 - alpha/2,v) ttt2 <- qchisq(alpha/2,v) est.equal <- cv # cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.equal <- (cv*sqrt(v))/(sqrt(ttt1)) upper.tile.equal <- (cv*sqrt(v))/(sqrt(ttt2)) boot.normcv.ci <- boot::boot.ci( boot.cv, conf = (1 - alpha), type = "norm" ) est.norm <- cv # cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.norm <- boot.normcv.ci$normal[2] upper.tile.norm <- boot.normcv.ci$normal[3] boot.basiccv.ci <- boot::boot.ci( boot.cv, conf = (1 - alpha), type = "basic" ) est.basic <- cv # cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.basic <- boot.basiccv.ci$basic[4] upper.tile.basic <- boot.basiccv.ci$basic[5] boot.percentcv.ci <- boot::boot.ci( boot.cv, conf = (1 - alpha), type = "basic" ) est.percent <- cv # cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.percent <- boot.percentcv.ci$percent[4] upper.tile.percent <- boot.percentcv.ci$percent[5] boot.bcacv.ci <- boot::boot.ci( boot.cv, conf = (1 - alpha), type = "basic" ) est.bca <- cv # cv is an estimate of CV lower.tile.bca <- boot.bcacv.ci$bca[4] upper.tile.bca <- boot.bcacv.ci$bca[5] } else if (method == "all" && correction == TRUE) { est.all <- cv_corr # cv_corr is an estimate of CV ci <- MBESS::conf.limits.nct( ncp = sqrt(length(x))/cv_corr, df = length(x) - 1, conf.level = (1 - alpha) ) lower.tile.kelley <- unname(sqrt(length(x))/ci$Upper.Limit) upper.tile.kelley <- unname(sqrt(length(x))/ci$Lower.Limit) if (cv_corr > 0.33) { warning("Confidence interval may be very approximate") } v <- length(x) - 1 t1 <- qchisq(1 - alpha/2,v)/v t2 <- qchisq(alpha/2,v)/v u1 <- v*t1 u2 <- v*t2 est.mckay <- cv_corr # cv_corr is an estimate of CV lower.tile.mckay <- cv_corr/sqrt((u1/(v + 1) - 1 )*(cv_corr^2) + u1/v) upper.tile.mckay <- cv_corr/sqrt((u2/(v + 1) - 1)*(cv_corr^2) + u2/v) z_alpha_over2 <- qnorm(1 - (alpha/2)) u <- sqrt( (cv_corr^2/v) * (0.5 + cv_corr^2) ) zu <- z_alpha_over2 * u est.miller <- cv_corr # cv_corr is an estimate of CV lower.tile.miller <- cv_corr - zu upper.tile.miller <- cv_corr + zu tt1 <- qchisq(1 - alpha/2,v)/v tt2 <- qchisq(alpha/2,v)/v uu1 <- v*tt1 uu2 <- v*tt2 est.vangel <- cv_corr # cv_corr is an estimate of CV lower.tile.vangel <- cv_corr/sqrt(((uu1 + 1)/(v + 1) - 1 )*(cv_corr^2) + uu1/v) upper.tile.vangel <- cv_corr/sqrt(((uu2 + 1)/(v + 1) - 1)*(cv_corr^2) + uu2/v) if (length(x) <= 340) { cn <- sqrt(2/(length(x) - 1)) * ( (gamma(length(x)/2))/(gamma((length(x) - 1)/2)) ) } else { cn <- sqrt(2/(length(x) - 1)) * ( (lgamma(length(x)/2))/(lgamma((length(x) - 1)/2)) ) } ul <- 2 - (cn + (qnorm((alpha/2)) * sqrt(1 - cn^2))) uu <- 2 - (cn - (qnorm((alpha/2)) * sqrt(1 - cn^2))) est.mahmoud <- cv_corr # cv_corr is an estimate of CV lower.tile.mahmoud <- cv_corr/ul upper.tile.mahmoud <- cv_corr/uu cnt <- sqrt(1 - (1/(2 * length(x)))) ult <- cnt + (qnorm(1 - (alpha/2)) * sqrt(1 - cnt^2)) uut <- cnt - (qnorm(1 - (alpha/2)) * sqrt(1 - cnt^2)) est.normaapprox <- cv_corr # cv_corr is an estimate of CV lower.tile.normaapprox <- cv_corr/ult upper.tile.normaapprox <- cv_corr/uut if (length(x) <= 300) { a_value <- shortest_length %>% subset(al == alpha & v == length(x) - 1) %>% dplyr::select(a) b_value <- shortest_length %>% subset(al == alpha & v == length(x) - 1) %>% dplyr::select(b) } else if (length(x) > 300) { a_value <- shortest_length %>% subset(al == alpha & v == 300) %>% dplyr::select(a) b_value <- shortest_length %>% subset(al == alpha & v == 300) %>% dplyr::select(b) } est.shortest <- cv_corr # cv_corr is an estimate of CV lower.tile.shortest <- (cv_corr*sqrt(length(x) - 1))/sqrt(b_value$b) upper.tile.shortest <- (cv_corr*sqrt(length(x) - 1))/sqrt(a_value$a) ttt1 <- qchisq(1 - alpha/2,v) ttt2 <- qchisq(alpha/2,v) est.equal <- cv_corr # cv_corr is an estimate of CV lower.tile.equal <- (cv_corr*sqrt(v))/(sqrt(ttt1)) upper.tile.equal <- (cv_corr*sqrt(v))/(sqrt(ttt2)) boot.normcv_corr.ci <- boot::boot.ci( boot.cv_corr, conf = (1 - alpha), type = "norm" ) est.norm <- cv_corr # cv_corr is an estimate of CV lower.tile.norm <- boot.normcv_corr.ci$normal[2] upper.tile.norm <- boot.normcv_corr.ci$normal[3] boot.basiccv_corr.ci <- boot::boot.ci( boot.cv_corr, conf = (1 - alpha), type = "basic" ) est.basic <- cv_corr # cv_corr is an estimate of CV lower.tile.basic <- boot.basiccv_corr.ci$basic[4] upper.tile.basic <- boot.basiccv_corr.ci$basic[5] boot.percentcv_corr.ci <- boot::boot.ci( boot.cv_corr, conf = (1 - alpha), type = "basic" ) est.percent <- cv_corr # cv_corr is an estimate of CV lower.tile.percent <- boot.percentcv_corr.ci$percent[4] upper.tile.percent <- boot.percentcv_corr.ci$percent[5] boot.bcacv_corr.ci <- boot::boot.ci( boot.cv_corr, conf = (1 - alpha), type = "basic" ) est.bca <- cv_corr # cv_corr is an estimate of CV lower.tile.bca <- boot.bcacv_corr.ci$bca[4] upper.tile.bca <- boot.bcacv_corr.ci$bca[5] } # preparing the output based on the selected methods if ("kelley" %in% method && correction == FALSE) { return( list( method = ( "cv with Kelley 95% CI" ), statistics = data.frame( est = round(est.kelley * 100, digits = digits), lower = round(lower.tile.kelley * 100, digits = digits), upper = round(upper.tile.kelley * 100, digits = digits), row.names = c(" ") ) ) ) } else if ("kelley" %in% method && correction == TRUE) { return( list( method = ( "Corrected cv with Kelley 95% CI" ), statistics = data.frame( est = round(est.kelley * 100, digits = digits), lower = round(lower.tile.kelley * 100, digits = digits), upper = round(upper.tile.kelley * 100, digits = digits), row.names = c(" ") ) ) ) } else if ("mckay" %in% method && correction == FALSE) { return( list( method = ( "cv with McKay 95% CI" ), statistics = data.frame( est = round(est.mckay * 100, digits = digits), lower = round(lower.tile.mckay * 100, digits = digits), upper = round(upper.tile.mckay * 100, digits = digits), row.names = c(" ") ) ) ) } else if ("mckay" %in% method && correction == TRUE) { return( list( method = ( "Corrected cv with McKay 95% CI" ), statistics = data.frame( est = round(est.mckay * 100, digits = digits), lower = round(lower.tile.mckay * 100, digits = digits), upper = round(upper.tile.mckay * 100, digits = digits), row.names = c(" ") ) ) ) } else if ("miller" %in% method && correction == FALSE) { return( list( method = ( "cv with Miller 95% CI" ), statistics = data.frame( est = round(est.miller * 100, digits = digits), lower = round(lower.tile.miller * 100, digits = digits), upper = round(upper.tile.miller * 100, digits = digits), row.names = c(" ") ) ) ) } else if ("miller" %in% method && correction == TRUE) { return( list( method = ( "Corrected cv with Miller 95% CI" ), statistics = data.frame( est = round(est.miller * 100, digits = digits), lower = round(lower.tile.miller * 100, digits = digits), upper = round(upper.tile.miller * 100, digits = digits), row.names = c(" ") ) ) ) } else if ("vangel" %in% method && correction == FALSE) { return( list( method = ( "cv with Vangel 95% CI" ), statistics = data.frame( est = round(est.vangel * 100, digits = digits), lower = round(lower.tile.vangel * 100, digits = digits), upper = round(upper.tile.vangel * 100, digits = digits), row.names = c(" ") ) ) ) } else if ("vangel" %in% method && correction == TRUE) { return( list( method = ( "Corrected cv with Vangel 95% CI" ), statistics = data.frame( est = round(est.vangel * 100, digits = digits), lower = round(lower.tile.vangel * 100, digits = digits), upper = round(upper.tile.vangel * 100, digits = digits), row.names = c(" ") ) ) ) } else if ("mahmoudvand_hassani" %in% method && correction == FALSE) { return( list( method = ( "cv with Mahmoudvand-Hassani 95% CI" ), statistics = data.frame( est = round(est.mahmoud * 100, digits = digits), lower = round(lower.tile.mahmoud * 100, digits = digits), upper = round(upper.tile.mahmoud * 100, digits = digits), row.names = c(" ") ) ) ) } else if ("mahmoudvand_hassani" %in% method && correction == TRUE) { return( list( method = ( "Corrected cv with Mahmoudvand-Hassani 95% CI" ), statistics = data.frame( est = round(est.mahmoud * 100, digits = digits), lower = round(lower.tile.mahmoud * 100, digits = digits), upper = round(upper.tile.mahmoud * 100, digits = digits), row.names = c(" ") ) ) ) } else if ("normal_approximation" %in% method && correction == FALSE) { return( list( method = ( "cv with Normal Approximation 95% CI" ), statistics = data.frame( est = round(est.normaapprox * 100, digits = digits), lower = round( lower.tile.normaapprox * 100, digits = digits ), upper = round( upper.tile.normaapprox * 100, digits = digits ), row.names = c(" ") ) ) ) } else if ("normal_approximation" %in% method && correction == TRUE) { return( list( method = ( "Corrected cv with Normal Approximation 95% CI" ), statistics = data.frame( est = round(est.normaapprox * 100, digits = digits), lower = round( lower.tile.normaapprox * 100, digits = digits ), upper = round( upper.tile.normaapprox * 100, digits = digits ), row.names = c(" ") ) ) ) } else if ("shortest_length" %in% method && correction == FALSE) { return( list( method = ( "cv with Shortest-Length 95% CI" ), statistics = data.frame( est = round(est.shortest * 100, digits = digits), lower = round(lower.tile.shortest * 100, digits = digits), upper = round(upper.tile.shortest * 100, digits = digits), row.names = c(" ") ) ) ) } else if ("shortest_length" %in% method && correction == TRUE) { return( list( method = ( "Corrected cv with Shortest-Length 95% CI" ), statistics = data.frame( est = round(est.shortest * 100, digits = digits), lower = round(lower.tile.shortest * 100, digits = digits), upper = round(upper.tile.shortest * 100, digits = digits), row.names = c(" ") ) ) ) } else if ("equal_tailed" %in% method && correction == FALSE) { return( list( method = ( "cv with Equal-Tailed 95% CI" ), statistics = data.frame( est = round(est.equal * 100, digits = digits), lower = round(lower.tile.equal * 100, digits = digits), upper = round(upper.tile.equal * 100, digits = digits), row.names = c(" ") ) ) ) } else if ("equal_tailed" %in% method && correction == TRUE) { return( list( method = ( "Corrected cv with Equal-Tailed 95% CI" ), statistics = data.frame( est = round(est.equal * 100, digits = digits), lower = round(lower.tile.equal * 100, digits = digits), upper = round(upper.tile.equal * 100, digits = digits), row.names = c(" ") ) ) ) } else if ("norm" %in% method && correction == FALSE) { return( list( method = ( "cv with Normal Approximation Bootstrap 95% CI" ), statistics = data.frame( est = round(est.norm * 100, digits = digits), lower = round(lower.tile.norm * 100, digits = digits), upper = round(upper.tile.norm * 100, digits = digits), row.names = c(" ") ) ) ) } else if ("norm" %in% method && correction == TRUE) { return( list( method = ( "Corrected cv with Normal Approximation Bootstrap 95% CI" ), statistics = data.frame( est = round(est.norm * 100, digits = digits), lower = round(lower.tile.norm * 100, digits = digits), upper = round(upper.tile.norm * 100, digits = digits), row.names = c(" ") ) ) ) } else if ("basic" %in% method && correction == FALSE) { return( list( method = ( "cv with Basic Bootstrap 95% CI" ), statistics = data.frame( est = round(est.basic * 100, digits = digits), lower = round(lower.tile.basic * 100, digits = digits), upper = round(upper.tile.basic * 100, digits = digits), row.names = c(" ") ) ) ) } else if ("basic" %in% method && correction == TRUE) { return( list( method = ( "Corrected cv with Basic Bootstrap 95% CI" ), statistics = data.frame( est = round(est.basic * 100, digits = digits), lower = round(lower.tile.basic * 100, digits = digits), upper = round(upper.tile.basic * 100, digits = digits), row.names = c(" ") ) ) ) } else if ("percent" %in% method && correction == FALSE) { stop("percent method is not developed yet") # return( # list( # method = ( # "cv with Bootstrap Percentile 95% CI" # ), # statistics = data.frame( # est = round(est.percent * 100, digits = digits), # lower = round(lower.tile.percent * 100, digits = digits), # upper = round(upper.tile.percent * 100, digits = digits), # row.names = c(" ") # ) # ) # ) } else if ("percent" %in% method && correction == TRUE) { stop("percent method is not developed yet") # return( # list( # method = ( # "Corrected cv with Bootstrap Percentile 95% CI" # ), # statistics = data.frame( # est = round(est.percent * 100, digits = digits), # lower = round(lower.tile.percent * 100, digits = digits), # upper = round(upper.tile.percent * 100, digits = digits), # row.names = c(" ") # ) # ) # ) } else if ("bca" %in% method && correction == FALSE) { stop("BCa method is not developed yet") # return( # list( # method = ( # "cv with Adjusted Bootstrap Percentile (BCa) 95% CI" # ), # statistics = data.frame( # est = round(est.bca * 100, digits = digits), # lower = round(lower.tile.bca * 100, digits = digits), # upper = round(upper.tile.bca * 100, digits = digits), # row.names = c(" ") # ) # ) # ) } else if ("bca" %in% method && correction == TRUE) { stop("BCa method is not developed yet") # return( # list( # method = ( # "Corrected cv with Adjusted Bootstrap Percentile (BCa) 95% CI" # ), # statistics = data.frame( # est = round(est.bca * 100, digits = digits), # lower = round(lower.tile.bca * 100, digits = digits), # upper = round(upper.tile.bca * 100, digits = digits), # row.names = c(" ") # ) # ) # ) } else if (method == "all" && correction == FALSE) { return( list( method = "All methods", statistics = data.frame( row.names = c( "kelley", # 1 "mckay", # 2 "miller", # 3 "vangel", # 4 "mahmoudvand_hassani", # 5 "equal_tailed", # 6 "shortest_length", # 7 "normal_approximation", # 8 "norm", # 9 "basic" # 10 # "perc" # 11 # "bca" # 12 ), est = c( round(cv * 100, digits = digits), round(cv * 100, digits = digits), round(cv * 100, digits = digits), round(cv * 100, digits = digits), round(cv * 100, digits = digits), round(cv * 100, digits = digits), round(cv * 100, digits = digits), round(cv * 100, digits = digits), round(cv * 100, digits = digits), # round(cv * 100, digits = digits), # round(cv * 100, digits = digits), round(cv * 100, digits = digits) ), lower = c( round(lower.tile.kelley * 100, digits = digits), round(lower.tile.mckay * 100, digits = digits), round(lower.tile.miller * 100, digits = digits), round(lower.tile.vangel * 100, digits = digits), round(lower.tile.mahmoud * 100, digits = digits), round(lower.tile.equal * 100, digits = digits), round(lower.tile.shortest * 100, digits = digits), round(lower.tile.normaapprox * 100, digits = digits), round(lower.tile.norm * 100, digits = digits), round(lower.tile.basic * 100, digits = digits) # , # round(lower.tile.percent * 100, digits = digits) # , # round(lower.tile.bca * 100, digits = digits) ), upper = c( round(upper.tile.kelley * 100, digits = digits), round(upper.tile.mckay * 100, digits = digits), round(upper.tile.miller * 100, digits = digits), round(upper.tile.vangel * 100, digits = digits), round(upper.tile.mahmoud * 100, digits = digits), round(upper.tile.equal * 100, digits = digits), round(upper.tile.shortest * 100, digits = digits), round(upper.tile.normaapprox * 100, digits = digits), round(upper.tile.norm * 100, digits = digits), round(upper.tile.basic * 100, digits = digits) # , # round(upper.tile.percent * 100, digits = digits) # , # round(upper.tile.bca * 100, digits = digits) ), description = c( "cv with Kelley 95% CI", "cv with McKay 95% CI", "cv with Miller 95% CI", "cv with Vangel 95% CI", "cv with Mahmoudvand-Hassani 95% CI", "cv with Equal-Tailed 95% CI", "cv with Shortest-Length 95% CI", "cv with Normal Approximation 95% CI", "cv with Normal Approximation Bootstrap 95% CI", "cv with Basic Bootstrap 95% CI" # , # "cv with Bootstrap Percentile 95% CI" # , # "cv with Adjusted Bootstrap Percentile (BCa) 95% CI" ) ) ) ) } else if (method == "all" && correction == TRUE) { return( list( method = "All methods", statistics = data.frame( row.names = c( "kelley", # 1 "mckay", # 2 "miller", # 3 "vangel", # 4 "mahmoudvand_hassani", # 5 "equal_tailed", # 6 "shortest_length", # 7 "normal_approximation", # 8 "norm", # 9 "basic" # 10 # "perc" # 11 # "bca" # 12 ), est = c( round(cv_corr * 100, digits = digits), round(cv_corr * 100, digits = digits), round(cv_corr * 100, digits = digits), round(cv_corr * 100, digits = digits), round(cv_corr * 100, digits = digits), round(cv_corr * 100, digits = digits), round(cv_corr * 100, digits = digits), round(cv_corr * 100, digits = digits), round(cv_corr * 100, digits = digits), # round(cv_corr * 100, digits = digits), # round(cv_corr * 100, digits = digits), round(cv_corr * 100, digits = digits) ), lower = c( round(lower.tile.kelley * 100, digits = digits), round(lower.tile.mckay * 100, digits = digits), round(lower.tile.miller * 100, digits = digits), round(lower.tile.vangel * 100, digits = digits), round(lower.tile.mahmoud * 100, digits = digits), round(lower.tile.equal * 100, digits = digits), round(lower.tile.shortest * 100, digits = digits), round(lower.tile.normaapprox * 100, digits = digits), round(lower.tile.norm * 100, digits = digits), round(lower.tile.basic * 100, digits = digits) # , # round(lower.tile.percent * 100, digits = digits) # , # round(lower.tile.bca * 100, digits = digits) ), upper = c( round(upper.tile.kelley * 100, digits = digits), round(upper.tile.mckay * 100, digits = digits), round(upper.tile.miller * 100, digits = digits), round(upper.tile.vangel * 100, digits = digits), round(upper.tile.mahmoud * 100, digits = digits), round(upper.tile.equal * 100, digits = digits), round(upper.tile.shortest * 100, digits = digits), round(upper.tile.normaapprox * 100, digits = digits), round(upper.tile.norm * 100, digits = digits), round(upper.tile.basic * 100, digits = digits) # , # round(upper.tile.percent * 100, digits = digits) # , # round(upper.tile.bca * 100, digits = digits) ), description = c( "Corrected cv with Kelley 95% CI", "Corrected cv with McKay 95% CI", "Corrected cv with Miller 95% CI", "Corrected cv with Vangel 95% CI", "Corrected cv with Mahmoudvand-Hassani 95% CI", "Corrected cv with Equal-Tailed 95% CI", "Corrected cv with Shortest-Length 95% CI", "Corrected cv with Normal Approximation 95% CI", "Corrected cv with Normal Approximation Bootstrap 95% CI", "Corrected cv with Basic Bootstrap 95% CI" # , # "Corrected cv with Bootstrap Percentile 95% CI" # , # "Corrected cv with Adjusted Bootstrap Percentile (BCa) 95% CI" ) ) ) ) } }
x <- c( 0.2, 0.5, 1.1, 1.4, 1.8, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 3.5, 4.4, 4.6, 5.4, 5.4, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 6.0, 6.6, 7.1, 7.9 ) cv_versatile( x, na.rm = TRUE, digits = 3, method = "kelley", correction = TRUE, alpha = 0.05 )
McKay [@McKay1932] introduced the following CI for $cv$; considering $u_1 = \chi_{v,1-\alpha/2}^2$ and $u_1 = \chi_{v,\alpha/2}^2$ being
the $100(1-\alpha/2)\%$ and $100(\alpha/2)\%$ percentile of the $\chi^2$ distribution with $v = n-1$ degrees of freedom, respectively [@Albatineh2014]:
$$
\biggl(cv\left[\biggl(\frac{u_1}{v}-1\biggr)(cv)^{2}+\frac{u_1}{v}\right]^{-1/2}
\le CV \le cv
\left[\biggl(\frac{u_2}{v}-1\biggr)(cv)^{2}+\frac{u_2}{v}\right]^{-1/2}\biggr)
$$
Let us calculate the 95\% CI for our variable $x$ according to McKay's method [@McKay1932]:
cv_versatile( x, na.rm = TRUE, digits = 3, method = "mckay", correction = TRUE, alpha = 0.05 )
Miller [@EdwardMiller1991] introduced the following CI for
$cv$; considering $Z_{\alpha/2}$ being the $(1-\alpha/2)$ percentile of the standard normal distribution [@Albatineh2014]:
$$
\biggl(cv - Z_{\alpha/2}\sqrt{
\biggl(\frac{cv^2}{v}\biggr)\biggl(\frac{1}{2}+cv^2\biggr)} \le
CV \le cv + Z_{\alpha/2}\sqrt{
\biggl(\frac{cv^2}{v}\biggr)\biggl(\frac{1}{2}+cv^2\biggr)}
\biggr)
$$
where $v = n-1$ is the degree of freedom.
Let us calculate the 95\% CI for $x$ according to Miller's method [@EdwardMiller1991]:
cv_versatile( x, na.rm = TRUE, digits = 3, method = "miller", correction = TRUE, alpha = 0.05 )
Vangel [@Vangel1996] proposed the following CI for $cv$; which is a modification on McKay’s CI: $$ \biggl(cv\left[\biggl(\frac{u_1+1}{v}-1\biggr)(cv)^{2}+\frac{u_1}{v}\right]^{-1/2} \le CV \le cv \left[\biggl(\frac{u_2+1}{v}-1\biggr)(cv)^{2}+\frac{u_2}{v}\right]^{-1/2}\biggr) $$ Let us calculate the 95\% CI for $x$ according to Vangel's method [@Vangel1996]:
cv_versatile( x, na.rm = TRUE, digits = 3, method = "vangel", correction = TRUE, alpha = 0.05 )
Mahmoudvand and Hassani [@Mahmoudvand2009] proposed the following CI for
$cv$; which is obtained using ranked set sampling (RSS):
$$
\biggl(\frac{cv}{2-C_n+Z_{1-\alpha/2}\sqrt{1-C_n^2}}
\le CV \le
\frac{cv}{2-C_n-Z_{1-\alpha/2}\sqrt{1-C_n^2}}
\biggr)
$$
where
$$
C_n=\sqrt{\frac{2}{n-1}}\frac{\Gamma{(n/2)}}{\Gamma{((n-1)/2)}},
\Gamma(n)=(n-1)!
$$
Let us now calculate the 95\% CI for $x$ according to Mahmoudvand-Hassani's
method [@Mahmoudvand2009]:
cv_versatile( x, na.rm = TRUE, digits = 3, method = "mahmoudvand_hassani", correction = TRUE, alpha = 0.05 )
Wararit Panichkitkosolkul [@Panichkitkosolkul2013] proposed the following CI for
$cv$; which is a normal approximation:
$$
\biggl(\frac{cv}{C_{n+1}+Z_{1-\alpha/2}\sqrt{1-C_{n+1}^2}}
\le CV \le
\frac{cv}{C_{n+1}-Z_{1-\alpha/2}\sqrt{1-C_{n+1}^2}}
\biggr)
$$
where $C_{n+1}=\sqrt{1-(1/2n)}$
Now we calculate the normal approximation 95\% CI for $x$ according to Panichkitkosolkul [@Panichkitkosolkul2013]:
cv_versatile( x, na.rm = TRUE, digits = 3, method = "normal_approximation", correction = TRUE, alpha = 0.05 )
Panichkitkosolkul [@Panichkitkosolkul2013] has also introduced the following CI for $cv$:
$$
\biggl(\frac{cv\sqrt{v}}{\sqrt{b}}
\le CV \le
\frac{cv\sqrt{v}}{\sqrt{a}}
\biggr)
$$
with $v = n-1$ degrees of freedom. Then, shortest-length 95\% CI for $x$ is:
cv_versatile( x, na.rm = TRUE, digits = 3, method = "shortest_length", correction = TRUE, alpha = 0.05 )
The $100(1-\alpha)\%$ equal-tailed CI for $cv$ can be obtained as:
$$
\biggl(\frac{cv\sqrt{v}}{\sqrt{\chi_{v,1-\alpha/2}^2}}
\le CV \le
\frac{cv\sqrt{v}}{\sqrt{\chi_{v,\alpha/2}^2}}
\biggr)
$$
where $\chi_{v,\alpha/2}^2$ and $\chi_{v,1-\alpha/2}^2$ are the $100(\alpha/2)$ and $100(1-\alpha/2)$ percentiles of the central $\chi^2$ distribution with $v$ degrees of freedom, respectively [@Panichkitkosolkul2013].
Then, equal-tailed 95\% CI for $x$ is:
cv_versatile( x, na.rm = TRUE, digits = 3, method = "equal_tailed", correction = TRUE, alpha = 0.05 )
Thanks to package boot
[@Canty2017] we can obtain bootstrap CI around $cv$:
cv_versatile( x, na.rm = TRUE, digits = 3, method = "basic", correction = TRUE, alpha = 0.05 )
In conclusion, we can observe CIs calculated by all available methods:
cv_versatile( x, na.rm = TRUE, digits = 3, method = "all", correction = FALSE, alpha = 0.05 )
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