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Overhaul base statistics functions and documentation of same. Add or improve input validation. Add input validation tests. Add functional tests. Improve or re-write documentation strings.
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18 ## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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20 ## -*- texinfo -*-
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21 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {[@var{beta}, @var{sigma}, @var{r}] =} ols (@var{y}, @var{x})
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22 ## Ordinary least squares estimation for the multivariate model
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23 ## @tex
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24 ## $y = x b + e$
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25 ## with
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26 ## $\bar{e} = 0$, and cov(vec($e$)) = kron ($s, I$)
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27 ## @end tex
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28 ## @ifnottex
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29 ## @w{@math{y = x*b + e}} with
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30 ## @math{mean (e) = 0} and @math{cov (vec (e)) = kron (s, I)}.
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31 ## @end ifnottex
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32 ## where
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33 ## @tex
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34 ## $y$ is a $t \times p$ matrix, $x$ is a $t \times k$ matrix,
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35 ## $b$ is a $k \times p$ matrix, and $e$ is a $t \times p$ matrix.
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36 ## @end tex
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37 ## @ifnottex
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38 ## @math{y} is a @math{t} by @math{p} matrix, @math{x} is a @math{t} by
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39 ## @math{k} matrix, @math{b} is a @math{k} by @math{p} matrix, and
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40 ## @math{e} is a @math{t} by @math{p} matrix.
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41 ## @end ifnottex
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42 ##
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43 ## Each row of @var{y} and @var{x} is an observation and each column a
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44 ## variable.
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45 ##
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46 ## The return values @var{beta}, @var{sigma}, and @var{r} are defined as
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47 ## follows.
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48 ##
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49 ## @table @var
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50 ## @item beta
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51 ## The OLS estimator for @math{b}.
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52 ## @tex
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53 ## $beta$ is calculated directly via $(x^Tx)^{-1} x^T y$ if the matrix $x^Tx$ is
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54 ## of full rank.
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55 ## @end tex
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56 ## @ifnottex
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57 ## @var{beta} is calculated directly via @code{inv (x'*x) * x' * y} if the
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58 ## matrix @code{x'*x} is of full rank.
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59 ## @end ifnottex
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60 ## Otherwise, @code{@var{beta} = pinv (@var{x}) * @var{y}} where
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61 ## @code{pinv (@var{x})} denotes the pseudoinverse of @var{x}.
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62 ##
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63 ## @item sigma
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64 ## The OLS estimator for the matrix @var{s},
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65 ##
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66 ## @example
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67 ## @group
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68 ## @var{sigma} = (@var{y}-@var{x}*@var{beta})'
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69 ## * (@var{y}-@var{x}*@var{beta})
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70 ## / (@var{t}-rank(@var{x}))
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71 ## @end group
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72 ## @end example
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73 ##
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74 ## @item r
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75 ## The matrix of OLS residuals, @code{@var{r} = @var{y} - @var{x}*@var{beta}}.
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76 ## @end table
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77 ## @seealso{gls, pinv}
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78 ## @end deftypefn
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80 ## Author: Teresa Twaroch <twaroch@ci.tuwien.ac.at>
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81 ## Created: May 1993
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82 ## Adapted-By: jwe
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84 function [beta, sigma, r] = ols (y, x)
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86 if (nargin != 2)
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87 print_usage ();
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88 endif
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90 if (! (isnumeric (x) && isnumeric (y)))
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91 error ("ols: X and Y must be numeric matrices or vectors");
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92 endif
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94 if (ndims (x) != 2 || ndims (y) != 2)
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95 error ("ols: X and Y must be 2-D matrices or vectors");
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96 endif
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98 [nr, nc] = size (x);
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99 [ry, cy] = size (y);
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100 if (nr != ry)
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101 error ("ols: number of rows of X and Y must be equal");
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102 endif
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103
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104 z = x' * x;
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105 r = rank (z);
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107 if (r == nc)
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108 beta = inv (z) * x' * y;
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109 else
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110 beta = pinv (x) * y;
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111 endif
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113 if (isargout (2) || isargout (3))
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114 r = y - x * beta;
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115 endif
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116 if (isargout (2))
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117 sigma = r' * r / (nr - r);
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118 endif
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120 endfunction
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122 %!test
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123 %! x = [1:5]';
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124 %! y = 3*x + 2;
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125 %! x = [x, ones(5,1)];
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126 %! assert (ols(y,x), [3; 2], 50*eps)
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128 %% Test input validation
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129 %!error ols ();
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130 %!error ols (1);
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131 %!error ols (1, 2, 3);
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132 %!error ols ([true, true], [1, 2]);
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133 %!error ols ([1, 2], [true, true]);
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134 %!error ols (ones (2,2,2), ones (2,2));
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135 %!error ols (ones (2,2), ones (2,2,2));
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136 %!error ols (ones(1,2), ones(2,2));