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URL: http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao3.4/get_ftest.html
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AHELP for CIAO 3.4 get_ftest Context: sherpa

Synopsis

Module function that returns the statistical significance computed with the F test

Syntax

Double_Type get_ftest(Integer_Type, Double_Type, Integer_Type,
Double_Type)

Error Return Value: NULL

Arguments:

(1) number of degrees of freedom d_1

(2) observed statistic value chi_1^2

(3) number of degrees of freedom d_2

(4) observed statistic value chi_2^2

Description

This function returns the tail integral of the F distribution, alpha_F.

See the related Sherpa command FTEST for more information.

Bugs

See the Sherpa bug pages online for an up-to-date listing of known bugs.

Hardcopy (PDF): A4 | Letter
Last modified: December 2006



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