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.