chisquare_test_independence.m

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## usage:  [pval, chisq, df] = chisquare_test_independence (X)
##
## Perform a chi-square test for indepence based on the contingency
## table X.
##
## Under the null hypothesis of independence, chisq approximately has a
## chi-square distribution with df degrees of freedom. pval is the
## p-value (1 minus the CDF of this distribution at chisq) of the test.
##
## If no output argument is given, the p-value is displayed.

## Author:  KH <[e-mail]>
## Description:  Chi-square test for independence

function [pval, chisq, df] = chisquare_test_independence (X)

  if (nargin != 1)
    usage ("chisquare_test_independence (X)");
  endif
  
  [r, s] = size (X);
  df = (r - 1) * (s - 1);
  n = sum (sum (X));
  Y = sum (X')' * sum (X) / n;
  X = (X - Y) .^2 ./ Y;
  chisq = sum (sum (X));
  pval = 1 - chisquare_cdf (chisq, df);
  
  if (nargout == 0)
    printf("  pval:  %g\n", pval);
  endif

endfunction