Package org.anchoranalysis.math.statistics

Class ZScoreCalculator

Object

org.anchoranalysis.math.statistics.ZScoreCalculator

public class ZScoreCalculator
extends Object

Calculates a Z-Score.

See Standard score on Wikipedia.

Author:

Owen Feehan

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static double	calculateZScore(double value, double mean, double scale)	Calculates a Z-Score for a particular value and parameterization.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

calculateZScore

public static double calculateZScore(double value, double mean, double scale)

Calculates a Z-Score for a particular value and parameterization.

Parameters:

value - the value to convert.

mean - the mean parameter of the population.

scale - the scale parameter of the population, usually standard-deviation.

Returns:

value converted to a Z-Score.