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The * columns of the input matrices are assumed to represent variable values. * Correlations are given by the formula</p> * <code>cor(X, Y) = Σ[(x<sub>i</sub> - E(X))(y<sub>i</sub> - E(Y))] / [(n - 1)s(X)s(Y)]</code> * where <code>E(X)</code> is the mean of <code>X</code>, <code>E(Y)</code> * is the mean of the <code>Y</code> values and s(X), s(Y) are standard deviations. * * @version $Id: PearsonsCorrelation.java 1131229 2011-06-03 20:49:25Z luc $ * @since 2.0 */ public class PearsonsCorrelation { /** correlation matrix */ private final RealMatrix correlationMatrix; /** number of observations */ private final int nObs; /** * Create a PearsonsCorrelation instance without data */ public PearsonsCorrelation() { super(); correlationMatrix = null; nObs = 0; } /** * Create a PearsonsCorrelation from a rectangular array * whose columns represent values of variables to be correlated. * * @param data rectangular array with columns representing variables * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the input data array is not * rectangular with at least two rows and two columns. */ public PearsonsCorrelation(double[][] data) { this(new BlockRealMatrix(data)); } /** * Create a PearsonsCorrelation from a RealMatrix whose columns * represent variables to be correlated. * * @param matrix matrix with columns representing variables to correlate */ public PearsonsCorrelation(RealMatrix matrix) { checkSufficientData(matrix); nObs = matrix.getRowDimension(); correlationMatrix = computeCorrelationMatrix(matrix); } /** * Create a PearsonsCorrelation from a {@link Covariance}. The correlation * matrix is computed by scaling the Covariance's covariance matrix. * The Covariance instance must have been created from a data matrix with * columns representing variable values. * * @param covariance Covariance instance */ public PearsonsCorrelation(Covariance covariance) { RealMatrix covarianceMatrix = covariance.getCovarianceMatrix(); if (covarianceMatrix == null) { throw new NullArgumentException(LocalizedFormats.COVARIANCE_MATRIX); } nObs = covariance.getN(); correlationMatrix = covarianceToCorrelation(covarianceMatrix); } /** * Create a PearsonsCorrelation from a covariance matrix. The correlation * matrix is computed by scaling the covariance matrix. * * @param covarianceMatrix covariance matrix * @param numberOfObservations the number of observations in the dataset used to compute * the covariance matrix */ public PearsonsCorrelation(RealMatrix covarianceMatrix, int numberOfObservations) { nObs = numberOfObservations; correlationMatrix = covarianceToCorrelation(covarianceMatrix); } /** * Returns the correlation matrix * * @return correlation matrix */ public RealMatrix getCorrelationMatrix() { return correlationMatrix; } /** * Returns a matrix of standard errors associated with the estimates * in the correlation matrix.<br/> * <code>getCorrelationStandardErrors().getEntry(i,j)</code> is the standard * error associated with <code>getCorrelationMatrix.getEntry(i,j)</code> * <p>The formula used to compute the standard error is <br/> * <code>SE<sub>r</sub> = ((1 - r<sup>2</sup>) / (n - 2))<sup>1/2</sup></code> * where <code>r</code> is the estimated correlation coefficient and * <code>n</code> is the number of observations in the source dataset.</p> * * @return matrix of correlation standard errors */ public RealMatrix getCorrelationStandardErrors() { int nVars = correlationMatrix.getColumnDimension(); double[][] out = new double[nVars][nVars]; for (int i = 0; i < nVars; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < nVars; j++) { double r = correlationMatrix.getEntry(i, j); out[i][j] = FastMath.sqrt((1 - r * r) /(nObs - 2)); } } return new BlockRealMatrix(out); } /** * Returns a matrix of p-values associated with the (two-sided) null * hypothesis that the corresponding correlation coefficient is zero. * <p><code>getCorrelationPValues().getEntry(i,j)</code> is the probability * that a random variable distributed as <code>t<sub>n-2</sub></code> takes * a value with absolute value greater than or equal to <br> * <code>|r|((n - 2) / (1 - r<sup>2</sup>))<sup>1/2</sup></code></p> * <p>The values in the matrix are sometimes referred to as the * <i>significance</i> of the corresponding correlation coefficients.</p> * * @return matrix of p-values * @throws MathException if an error occurs estimating probabilities */ public RealMatrix getCorrelationPValues() throws MathException { TDistribution tDistribution = new TDistributionImpl(nObs - 2); int nVars = correlationMatrix.getColumnDimension(); double[][] out = new double[nVars][nVars]; for (int i = 0; i < nVars; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < nVars; j++) { if (i == j) { out[i][j] = 0d; } else { double r = correlationMatrix.getEntry(i, j); double t = FastMath.abs(r * FastMath.sqrt((nObs - 2)/(1 - r * r))); out[i][j] = 2 * tDistribution.cumulativeProbability(-t); } } } return new BlockRealMatrix(out); } /** * Computes the correlation matrix for the columns of the * input matrix. * * @param matrix matrix with columns representing variables to correlate * @return correlation matrix */ public RealMatrix computeCorrelationMatrix(RealMatrix matrix) { int nVars = matrix.getColumnDimension(); RealMatrix outMatrix = new BlockRealMatrix(nVars, nVars); for (int i = 0; i < nVars; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < i; j++) { double corr = correlation(matrix.getColumn(i), matrix.getColumn(j)); outMatrix.setEntry(i, j, corr); outMatrix.setEntry(j, i, corr); } outMatrix.setEntry(i, i, 1d); } return outMatrix; } /** * Computes the correlation matrix for the columns of the * input rectangular array. The colums of the array represent values * of variables to be correlated. * * @param data matrix with columns representing variables to correlate * @return correlation matrix */ public RealMatrix computeCorrelationMatrix(double[][] data) { return computeCorrelationMatrix(new BlockRealMatrix(data)); } /** * Computes the Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient between the two arrays. * * </p>Throws IllegalArgumentException if the arrays do not have the same length * or their common length is less than 2</p> * * @param xArray first data array * @param yArray second data array * @return Returns Pearson's correlation coefficient for the two arrays * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the arrays lengths do not match or * there is insufficient data */ public double correlation(final double[] xArray, final double[] yArray) throws IllegalArgumentException { SimpleRegression regression = new SimpleRegression(); if (xArray.length != yArray.length) { throw new DimensionMismatchException(xArray.length, yArray.length); } else if (xArray.length < 2) { throw MathRuntimeException.createIllegalArgumentException( LocalizedFormats.INSUFFICIENT_DIMENSION, xArray.length, 2); } else { for(int i=0; i<xArray.length; i++) { regression.addData(xArray[i], yArray[i]); } return regression.getR(); } } /** * Derives a correlation matrix from a covariance matrix. * * <p>Uses the formula <br/> * <code>r(X,Y) = cov(X,Y)/s(X)s(Y)</code> where * <code>r(·,·)</code> is the correlation coefficient and * <code>s(·)</code> means standard deviation.</p> * * @param covarianceMatrix the covariance matrix * @return correlation matrix */ public RealMatrix covarianceToCorrelation(RealMatrix covarianceMatrix) { int nVars = covarianceMatrix.getColumnDimension(); RealMatrix outMatrix = new BlockRealMatrix(nVars, nVars); for (int i = 0; i < nVars; i++) { double sigma = FastMath.sqrt(covarianceMatrix.getEntry(i, i)); outMatrix.setEntry(i, i, 1d); for (int j = 0; j < i; j++) { double entry = covarianceMatrix.getEntry(i, j) / (sigma * FastMath.sqrt(covarianceMatrix.getEntry(j, j))); outMatrix.setEntry(i, j, entry); outMatrix.setEntry(j, i, entry); } } return outMatrix; } /** * Throws IllegalArgumentException of the matrix does not have at least * two columns and two rows * * @param matrix matrix to check for sufficiency */ private void checkSufficientData(final RealMatrix matrix) { int nRows = matrix.getRowDimension(); int nCols = matrix.getColumnDimension(); if (nRows < 2 || nCols < 2) { throw MathRuntimeException.createIllegalArgumentException( LocalizedFormats.INSUFFICIENT_ROWS_AND_COLUMNS, nRows, nCols); } } }