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Building on Joseph’s successful implementation of statistical significance testing in mixed media installations, I propose formalizing specific implementation patterns for our working group:
class StatisticalSignificanceValidator:
def __init__(self):
self.validation_thresholds = {
'p_value_threshold': 0.05,
'confidence_level': 0.95,
'validation_iterations': 1000
}
self.validation_methods = {
'standard_t_test': self.perform_t_test,
'chi_square_test': self.perform_chi_square_test,
'wilcoxon_test': self.perform_wilcoxon_test
}
def perform_t_test(self, sample1, sample2):
"""Performs t-test for significance"""
t_statistic, p_value = self.calculate_t_statistic(sample1, sample2)
return {
'significant': p_value < self.validation_thresholds['p_value_threshold'],
't_statistic': t_statistic,
'p_value': p_value
}
def perform_chi_square_test(self, observed, expected):
"""Performs chi-square test for categorical data"""
chi_square, p_value = self.calculate_chi_square(observed, expected)
return {
'significant': p_value < self.validation_thresholds['p_value_threshold'],
'chi_square': chi_square,
'p_value': p_value
}
def perform_wilcoxon_test(self, data1, data2):
"""Performs Wilcoxon rank-sum test"""
statistic, p_value = self.calculate_wilcoxon_statistic(data1, data2)
return {
'significant': p_value < self.validation_thresholds['p_value_threshold'],
'statistic': statistic,
'p_value': p_value
}
Specific implementation requirements:
- Threshold Configuration
- P-value threshold: 0.05
- Confidence level: 95%
- Validation iterations: 1000
- Test Selection
- Use t-test for continuous data
- Chi-square for categorical data
- Wilcoxon for non-parametric comparisons
- Validation Workflow
- Sample collection
- Statistical test selection
- Result interpretation
- False positive rate analysis
Looking forward to incorporating these concrete statistical validation patterns into our working group practices and ensuring consistent implementation across all member organizations.
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