procope.tools.math
Interface CorrelationCoefficient

All Known Implementing Classes:

PearsonCoefficient, SpearmanCoefficient

public interface CorrelationCoefficient

Interface implemented by classes which calculate correlation coefficients of a list of pairs of data points.

Author:

Jan Krumsiek

See Also:

PearsonCoefficient, SpearmanCoefficient

Method Summary

void	feedData(Collection<Point> data) Feeds a list of data points into the dataset.
void	feedData(float x, float y) Feeds one data point into the dataset
void	feedData(Point point) Feeds one data point into the dataset
float	getCorrelationCoefficient() Calculates the correlation coefficient for the current list of data points.

Method Detail

feedData

void feedData(float x,
              float y)

Feeds one data point into the dataset

Parameters:

x - data point's x

y - data point's y

feedData

void feedData(Collection<Point> data)

Feeds a list of data points into the dataset.

Parameters:

data - list of points.

feedData

void feedData(Point point)

Feeds one data point into the dataset

Parameters:

point - data point to be added

getCorrelationCoefficient

float getCorrelationCoefficient()

Calculates the correlation coefficient for the current list of data points.

Returns:

correlation coefficient of current list of data points