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Shapiro-Wilk and Shapiro-Francia normality tests.

from Shapiro-Wilk and Shapiro-Francia normality tests. by Ahmed Ben Saïda
Shapiro-Wilk & Shapiro-Francia parametric hypothesis test of composite normality.

swtest(x, alpha, tail)
function [H, pValue, W] = swtest(x, alpha, tail)
%SWTEST Shapiro-Wilk parametric hypothesis test of composite normality.
%   [H, pValue, SWstatistic] = SWTEST(X, ALPHA, TAIL) performs
%   the Shapiro-Wilk test to determine if the null hypothesis of
%   composite normality is a reasonable assumption regarding the
%   population distribution of a random sample X. The desired significance 
%   level, ALPHA, is an optional scalar input (default = 0.05).
%   TAIL indicates the type of test (default = 1).
%
%   The Shapiro-Wilk hypotheses are: 
%   Null Hypothesis:        X is normal with unspecified mean and variance.
%      For TAIL =  0 (2-sided test), alternative: X is not normal.
%      For TAIL =  1 (1-sided test), alternative: X is upper the normal.
%      For TAIL = -1 (1-sided test), alternative: X is lower the normal.
%
%   This is an omnibus test, and is generally considered relatively
%   powerful against a variety of alternatives.
%   Shapiro-Wilk test is better than the Shapiro-Francia test for
%   Platykurtic sample. Conversely, Shapiro-Francia test is better than the
%   Shapiro-Wilk test for Leptokurtic samples.
%
%   When the series 'X' is Leptokurtic, SWTEST performs the Shapiro-Francia
%   test, else (series 'X' is Platykurtic) SWTEST performs the
%   Shapiro-Wilk test.
% 
%    [H, pValue, SWstatistic] = SWTEST(X, ALPHA, TAIL)
%
% Inputs:
%   X - a vector of deviates from an unknown distribution. The observation
%     number must exceed 3 and less than 5000.
%
% Optional inputs:
%   ALPHA - The significance level for the test (default = 0.05).
%
%   TAIL  - The type of the test (default = 1).
%  
% Outputs:
%  SWstatistic - The test statistic (non normalized).
%
%   pValue - is the p-value, or the probability of observing the given
%     result by chance given that the null hypothesis is true. Small values
%     of pValue cast doubt on the validity of the null hypothesis.
%
%     H = 0 => Do not reject the null hypothesis at significance level ALPHA.
%     H = 1 => Reject the null hypothesis at significance level ALPHA.
%

%
% References: Royston P. "Algorithm AS R94", Applied Statistics (1995) Vol. 44, No. 4.
%   AS R94 -- calculates Shapiro-Wilk normality test and P-value
%   for sample sizes 3 <= n <= 5000. Handles censored or uncensored data.
%   Corrects AS 181, which was found to be inaccurate for n > 50.
%

%
% Ensure the sample data is a VECTOR.
%

if numel(x) == length(x)
    x  =  x(:);               % Ensure a column vector.
else
    error(' Input sample ''X'' must be a vector.');
end

%
% Remove missing observations indicated by NaN's and check sample size.
%

x  =  x(~isnan(x));

if length(x) < 3
   error(' Sample vector ''X'' must have at least 3 valid observations.');
end

if length(x) > 5000
    warning('Shapiro-Wilk test might be inaccurate due to large sample size ( > 5000).');
end

%
% Ensure the significance level, ALPHA, is a 
% scalar, and set default if necessary.
%

if (nargin >= 2) && ~isempty(alpha)
   if numel(alpha) > 1
      error(' Significance level ''Alpha'' must be a scalar.');
   end
   if (alpha <= 0 || alpha >= 1)
      error(' Significance level ''Alpha'' must be between 0 and 1.'); 
   end
else
   alpha  =  0.05;
end

%
% Ensure the type-of-test indicator, TAIL, is a scalar integer from 
% the allowable set {-1 , 0 , 1}, and set default if necessary.
%

if (nargin >= 3) && ~isempty(tail)
   if numel(tail) > 1
      error('Type-of-test indicator ''Tail'' must be a scalar.');
   end
   if (tail ~= -1) && (tail ~= 0) && (tail ~= 1)
      error('Type-of-test indicator ''Tail'' must be -1, 0, or 1.');
   end
else
   tail  =  1;
end

% First, calculate the a's for weights as a function of the m's
% See Royston (1995) for details in the approximation.

x       =   sort(x); % Sort the vector X in ascending order.
n       =   length(x);
mtilde  =   norminv(((1:n)' - 3/8) / (n + 0.25));
weights =   zeros(n,1); % Preallocate the weights.

if kurtosis(x) > 3
    
    % The Shapiro-Francia test is better for leptokurtic samples.
    
    weights =   1/sqrt(mtilde'*mtilde) * mtilde;

    %
    % The Shapiro-Francia statistic W is calculated to avoid excessive rounding
    % errors for W close to 1 (a potential problem in very large samples).
    %

    W   =   (weights' * x) ^2 / ((x - mean(x))' * (x - mean(x)));

    nu      =   log(n);
    u1      =   log(nu) - nu;
    u2      =   log(nu) + 2/nu;
    mu      =   -1.2725 + (1.0521 * u1);
    sigma   =   1.0308 - (0.26758 * u2);

    newSFstatistic  =   log(1 - W);

    %
    % Compute the normalized Shapiro-Francia statistic and its p-value.
    %

    NormalSFstatistic =   (newSFstatistic - mu) / sigma;
    
    % the next p-value is for the tail = 1 test.
    pValue   =   1 - normcdf(NormalSFstatistic, 0, 1);
    
else
    
    % The Shapiro-Wilk test is better for platykurtic samples.

    c    =   1/sqrt(mtilde'*mtilde) * mtilde;
    u    =   1/sqrt(n);

    PolyCoef_1   =   [-2.706056 , 4.434685 , -2.071190 , -0.147981 , 0.221157 , c(n)];
    PolyCoef_2   =   [-3.582633 , 5.682633 , -1.752461 , -0.293762 , 0.042981 , c(n-1)];

    PolyCoef_3   =   [-0.0006714 , 0.0250540 , -0.39978 , 0.54400];
    PolyCoef_4   =   [-0.0020322 , 0.0627670 , -0.77857 , 1.38220];
    PolyCoef_5   =   [0.00389150 , -0.083751 , -0.31082 , -1.5861];
    PolyCoef_6   =   [0.00303020 , -0.082676 , -0.48030];

    PolyCoef_7   =   [0.459 , -2.273];

    weights(n)   =   polyval(PolyCoef_1 , u);
    weights(1)   =   -weights(n);

    % Special attention when n=3 (this is a special case).
    if n == 3
        weights(1)  =   0.707106781;
        weights(n)  =   -weights(1);
    end

    if n >= 6
        weights(n-1) =   polyval(PolyCoef_2 , u);
        weights(2)   =   -weights(n-1);
    
        count  =   3;
        phi    =   (mtilde'*mtilde - 2 * mtilde(n)^2 - 2 * mtilde(n-1)^2) / ...
                (1 - 2 * weights(n)^2 - 2 * weights(n-1)^2);
    else
        count  =   2;
        phi    =   (mtilde'*mtilde - 2 * mtilde(n)^2) / ...
                (1 - 2 * weights(n)^2);
    end

    %
    % The vector 'WEIGHTS' obtained next corresponds to the same coefficients
    % listed by Shapiro-Wilk in their original test for small samples.
    %

    weights(count : n-count+1)  =  mtilde(count : n-count+1) / sqrt(phi);

    %
    % The Shapiro-Wilk statistic W is calculated to avoid excessive rounding
    % errors for W close to 1 (a potential problem in very large samples).
    %

    W   =   (weights' * x) ^2 / ((x - mean(x))' * (x - mean(x)));

    %
    % Calculate the significance level for W (exact for n=3).
    %

    newn    =   log(n);

    if (n > 3) && (n <= 11)
    
        mu      =   polyval(PolyCoef_3 , n);
        sigma   =   exp(polyval(PolyCoef_4 , n));    
        gam     =   polyval(PolyCoef_7 , n);
    
        newSWstatistic  =   -log(gam-log(1-W));
    
    elseif n >= 12
    
        mu      =   polyval(PolyCoef_5 , newn);
        sigma   =   exp(polyval(PolyCoef_6 , newn));
    
        newSWstatistic  =   log(1 - W);
    
    elseif n == 3
        mu      =   0;
        sigma   =   1;
        newSWstatistic  =   0;
    end

    %
    % Compute the normalized Shapiro-Wilk statistic and its p-value.
    %

    NormalSWstatistic       =   (newSWstatistic - mu) / sigma;
    
    % The next p-value is for the tail = 1 test.
    pValue       =   1 - normcdf(NormalSWstatistic, 0, 1);

    % Special attention when n=3 (this is a special case).
    if n == 3
        pValue  =   1.909859 * (asin(sqrt(W)) - 1.047198);
        NormalSWstatistic =   norminv(pValue, 0, 1);
    end
    
end

% The p-value just found is for the tail = 1 test.
if tail == 0
    pValue = 2 * min(pValue, 1-pValue);
elseif tail == -1
    pValue = 1 - pValue;
end

%
% To maintain consistency with existing Statistics Toolbox hypothesis
% tests, returning 'H = 0' implies that we 'Do not reject the null 
% hypothesis at the significance level of alpha' and 'H = 1' implies 
% that we 'Reject the null hypothesis at significance level of alpha.'
%

H  = (alpha >= pValue);

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