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find runs (non-randomness) in sequences

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Skid Marks: Check for runs in sequences

Q: how do you check for runs?

A: look for skidmarks.

This module implements some functions to check a sequence for randomness. in some cases, it is assumed to be a binary sequence (not only 1’s and 0’s but containing only 2 distinct values). Any feedback or improvements are welcomed

>>> from skidmarks import gap_test, wald_wolfowitz, auto_correlation, serial_test

Wald-Wolfowitz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wald-Wolfowitz_runs_test

http://support.sas.com/kb/33/092.html

>>> r = wald_wolfowitz('1000001')
>>> r['n_runs'] # should be 3, because 1, 0, 1
3
>>> r['p'] < 0.05 # not < 0.05 evidence to reject Ho of random sequence
False
# this should show significance for non-randomness
>>> li = [1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1]
>>> wald_wolfowitz(li)['p'] < 0.05
True

Autocorrelation

>>> result = auto_correlation('00000001111111111100000000')
>>> result['p'] < 0.05
True
>>> result['auto_correlation']
0.83766233766233755

Serial Test

http://books.google.com/books?id=EIbxfCGfzgcC&lpg=PA141&ots=o-8ymmqbs9&pg=PA142#v=onepage&q=&f=false

>>> serial_test('101010101111000')
{'chi': 1.4285714285714286, 'p': 0.69885130769248427}
>>> serial_test('110000000000000111111111111')
{'chi': 18.615384615384617, 'p': 0.00032831021826061683}

Gap Test

http://books.google.com/books?id=EIbxfCGfzgcC&lpg=PA141&ots=o-8ymmqbs9&pg=PA142#v=onepage&q=&f=false

>>> gap_test('100020001200000')
{'chi': 756406.99909855379, 'item': '1', 'p': 0.0}
>>> gap_test('101010111101000')
{'chi': 11.684911193438811, 'item': '1', 'p': 0.23166089118674466}

gap_test() will default to looking for gaps between the first value in the sequence (in this case ‘1’) and each later occurrence. use the item kwarg to specify another value.

>>> gap_test('101010111101000', item='0')
{'chi': 11.028667632612191, 'item': '0', 'p': 0.27374903509732523}

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