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

BigDecimal[]

compute(BigDecimal[] sample, MathContext mc) Computes the statistic.

Method Detail

compute

BigDecimal[] compute(BigDecimal[] sample,
                     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.