Package it.unimi.dsi.stat

Interface Jackknife.Statistic

All Known Implementing Classes:

Jackknife.AbstractStatistic

Enclosing class:

Jackknife

public static interface Jackknife.Statistic

A statistic to be estimated using the jackknife on a set of samples.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
java.math.BigDecimal[]	compute(java.math.BigDecimal[] sample, java.math.MathContext mc)	Computes the statistic.

Method Detail

compute

java.math.BigDecimal[] compute(java.math.BigDecimal[] sample,
                               java.math.MathContext mc)

Computes the statistic.

Note that the BigDecimal instances passed to this method are guaranteed to have a scale set by the caller. If you have to perform divisions, please use the supplied MathContext.

Parameters:

sample - the samples over which the statistic must be computed.

mc - the mathematical context to be used when dividing big decimals.

Returns:

the resulting statistic.