[WIP] Simulation tests for coverage + p-values

sims/anderson_darling.jl

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+module SimulateAndersonDarling
+    using Base.Test
+    using Distributions, HypothesisTests
+
+    include("utils.jl")
+
+    has_ci(::Type{OneSampleADTest}) = false
+    has_p_value(::Type{OneSampleADTest}) = true
+    function call_test(::Type{OneSampleADTest}, x, simulation)
+        return OneSampleADTest(x, simulation.d_x)
+    end
+
+    @testset "OneSampleADTest" begin
+        results = simulate(
+            OneSampleSimulation(Normal(0.0, 1.0), 100),
+            OneSampleADTest,
+            100_000,
+        )
+        analyze_simulation(results)
+    end
+end

sims/binomial.jl

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+module SimulateBinomial
+    using Base.Test
+    using Distributions, HypothesisTests
+
+    include("utils.jl")
+
+    has_ci(::Type{BinomialTest}) = true
+    has_p_value(::Type{BinomialTest}) = true
+    function call_test(::Type{BinomialTest}, x, simulation)
+        return BinomialTest(sum(x), length(x), mean(simulation.d_x))
+    end
+
+    @testset "BinomialTest" begin
+        results = simulate(
+            OneSampleSimulation(Bernoulli(0.5), 100),
+            BinomialTest,
+            100_000,
+        )
+        analyze_simulation(results)
+    end
+end

sims/kolmogorov_smirnov.jl

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+module SimulateKolmogorovSmirnov
+    using Base.Test
+    using Distributions, HypothesisTests
+
+    include("utils.jl")
+
+    has_ci(::Type{ExactOneSampleKSTest}) = false
+    has_p_value(::Type{ExactOneSampleKSTest}) = true
+    function call_test(::Type{ExactOneSampleKSTest}, x, simulation)
+        return ExactOneSampleKSTest(x, simulation.d_x)
+    end
+
+    @testset "ExactOneSampleKSTest" begin
+        results = simulate(
+            OneSampleSimulation(Normal(0.0, 1.0), 100),
+            ExactOneSampleKSTest,
+            100_000,
+        )
+        analyze_simulation(results)
+    end
+end

sims/kruskal_wallis.jl

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+module SimulateKruskalWallis
+    using Base.Test
+    using Distributions, HypothesisTests
+
+    include("utils.jl")
+
+    has_ci(::Type{KruskalWallisTest}) = false
+    has_p_value(::Type{KruskalWallisTest}) = true
+    function call_test(::Type{KruskalWallisTest}, x, y, simulation)
+        return KruskalWallisTest(x, y)
+    end
+
+    @testset "KruskalWallisTest" begin
+        results = simulate(
+            TwoSampleSimulation(Normal(0.0, 1.0), Normal(0.0, 1.0), 100, 100),
+            KruskalWallisTest,
+            100_000,
+        )
+        analyze_simulation(results)
+    end
+end

sims/mann_whitney.jl

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+module SimulateMannWhitney
+    using Base.Test
+    using Distributions, HypothesisTests
+
+    include("utils.jl")
+
+    has_ci(::Type{ExactMannWhitneyUTest}) = false
+    has_p_value(::Type{ExactMannWhitneyUTest}) = true
+    function call_test(::Type{ExactMannWhitneyUTest}, x, y, simulation)
+        return ExactMannWhitneyUTest(x, y)
+    end
+
+    has_ci(::Type{ApproximateMannWhitneyUTest}) = false
+    has_p_value(::Type{ApproximateMannWhitneyUTest}) = true
+    function call_test(::Type{ApproximateMannWhitneyUTest}, x, y, simulation)
+        return ApproximateMannWhitneyUTest(x, y)
+    end
+
+    @testset "ExactMannWhitneyUTest" begin
+        results = simulate(
+            TwoSampleSimulation(Normal(0.0, 1.0), Normal(0.0, 1.0), 50, 100),
+            ExactMannWhitneyUTest,
+            100_000,
+        )
+        analyze_simulation(results)
+    end
+
+    @testset "ApproximateMannWhitneyUTest" begin
+        results = simulate(
+            TwoSampleSimulation(Normal(0.0, 1.0), Normal(0.0, 1.0), 100, 100),
+            ApproximateMannWhitneyUTest,
+            100_000,
+        )
+        analyze_simulation(results)
+    end
+end

sims/runsims.jl

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+using Base.Test
+
+my_tests = (
+    "binomial.jl",
+    "kolmogorov_smirnov.jl",
+    "kruskal_wallis.jl",
+    "mann_whitney.jl",
+    "t.jl",
+    "z.jl",
+    # "wilcoxon.jl",
+    "anderson_darling.jl",
+)
+
+println("Running simulation tests:")
+
+@testset "All simulation studies" begin
+    for my_test in my_tests
+        try
+            include(my_test)
+            println("\t\033[1m\033[32mPASSED\033[0m: $(my_test)")
+        catch e
+            println("\t\033[1m\033[31mFAILED\033[0m: $(my_test)")
+        end
+    end
+end

sims/t.jl

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+module SimulateTTest
+    using Base.Test
+    using Distributions, HypothesisTests
+
+    include("utils.jl")
+
+    has_ci(::Type{OneSampleTTest}) = true
+    has_p_value(::Type{OneSampleTTest}) = true
+    function call_test(::Type{OneSampleTTest}, x, simulation)
+        return OneSampleTTest(x)
+    end
+
+    has_ci(::Type{EqualVarianceTTest}) = true
+    has_p_value(::Type{EqualVarianceTTest}) = true
+    function call_test(::Type{EqualVarianceTTest}, x, y, simulation)
+        return EqualVarianceTTest(x, y)
+    end
+
+    has_ci(::Type{UnequalVarianceTTest}) = true
+    has_p_value(::Type{UnequalVarianceTTest}) = true
+    function call_test(::Type{UnequalVarianceTTest}, x, y, simulation)
+        return UnequalVarianceTTest(x, y)
+    end
+
+    @testset "OneSampleTTest" begin
+        results = simulate(
+            OneSampleSimulation(Normal(0.0, 1.0), 100),
+            OneSampleTTest,
+            100_000,
+        )
+        analyze_simulation(results)
+    end
+
+    @testset "EqualVarianceTTest" begin
+        results = simulate(
+            TwoSampleSimulation(Normal(0.0, 1.0), Normal(0.0, 1.0), 100, 100),
+            EqualVarianceTTest,
+            100_000,
+        )
+        analyze_simulation(results)
+    end
+
+    @testset "UnequalVarianceTTest" begin
+        results = simulate(
+            TwoSampleSimulation(Normal(0.0, 1.0), Normal(0.0, 2.0), 100, 100),
+            UnequalVarianceTTest,
+            100_000,
+        )
+        analyze_simulation(results)
+    end
+end

sims/utils.jl

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+immutable OneSampleSimulation{T}
+    d_x::T
+    n_x::Int
+end
+
+immutable TwoSampleSimulation{S, T}
+    d_x::S
+    d_y::T
+    n_x::Int
+    n_y::Int
+end
+
+immutable SimulationAnalysis
+    coverage::Vector{Bool}
+    p_values::Vector{Float64}
+    has_ci::Bool
+    has_p_value::Bool
+end
+
+covers(ci, truth) = ci[1] <= truth <= ci[2]
+
+function initialize(simulation::OneSampleSimulation)
+    return rand(simulation.d_x, simulation.n_x)
+end
+
+function initialize(simulation::TwoSampleSimulation)
+    return (
+        rand(simulation.d_x, simulation.n_x),
+        rand(simulation.d_y, simulation.n_y),
+    )
+end
+
+function fill!(x, simulation::OneSampleSimulation)
+    rand!(simulation.d_x, x)
+    return
+end
+
+function fill!(x, y, simulation::TwoSampleSimulation)
+    rand!(simulation.d_x, x)
+    rand!(simulation.d_y, y)
+    return
+end
+
+function simulate(simulation::OneSampleSimulation, test, n_sims)
+    # Initialize core results.
+    coverage = Array(Bool, n_sims)
+    p_values = Array(Float64, n_sims)
+
+    # Initialize sample.
+    x = initialize(simulation)
+
+    # Run simulations.
+    for sim in 1:n_sims
+        fill!(x, simulation)
+        test_results = call_test(test, x, simulation)
+        if has_ci(test)
+            coverage[sim] = covers(ci(test_results), mean(simulation.d_x))
+        end
+        if has_p_value(test)
+            p_values[sim] = pvalue(test_results)
+        end
+    end
+
+    return SimulationAnalysis(
+        coverage,
+        p_values,
+        has_ci(test),
+        has_p_value(test),
+    )
+end
+
+function simulate(simulation::TwoSampleSimulation, test, n_sims)
+    # Initialize core results.
+    coverage = Array(Bool, n_sims)
+    p_values = Array(Float64, n_sims)
+
+    # Initialize sample.
+    x, y = initialize(simulation)
+
+    # Run simulations.
+    for sim in 1:n_sims
+        fill!(x, y, simulation)
+        test_results = call_test(test, x, y, simulation)
+        if has_ci(test)
+            coverage[sim] = covers(
+                ci(test_results),
+                mean(simulation.d_x) - mean(simulation.d_y),
+            )
+        end
+        if has_p_value(test)
+            p_values[sim] = pvalue(test_results)
+        end
+    end
+
+    return SimulationAnalysis(
+        coverage,
+        p_values,
+        has_ci(test),
+        has_p_value(test),
+    )
+end
+
+# τ: Inverted tolerance for failure. Set to 12, which implies a 12-sigma test,
+# which should fail during 1.776482112077648e-33 simulation tests. Even when
+# we run many tests, this level of failure is rare -- moreover, the SEM is
+# also small for large n, so the tests are quite stringent when the hypothesis
+# is false.
+function analyze_simulation(results::SimulationAnalysis, τ = 12)
+    if results.has_ci
+        n_sims = length(results.coverage)
+        sem_coverage = 0.95 * (1 - 0.95) / sqrt(n_sims)
+        @test abs(mean(results.coverage) - 0.95) <= τ * sem_coverage
+    end
+
+    if results.has_p_value
+        n_sims = length(results.p_values)
+
+        sem_mean = sqrt(var(Uniform(0, 1)) / n_sims)
+        @test abs(mean(results.p_values) - 0.50) <= τ * sem_mean
+
+        for α in (0.01, 0.05, 0.10, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 0.90, 0.95, 0.99)
+            sem_quantile = sqrt(var(Bernoulli(α)) / n_sims)
+            @test abs(mean(results.p_values .<= α) - α) <= τ * sem_quantile
+        end
+    end
+
+    return
+end

sims/z.jl

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+module SimulateZTest
+    # TODO: We get occasional failures here. We should consider forcing
+    # OneSampleZTest to provide the true variance rather than allow it to
+    # estimate it and pretend the estimate is known with certainty. You
+    # reliably detect these failtures if you simulate 1,000,000 times instead
+    # of 10,000. See t.jl for a contrast where all assumptions are satisfied.
+
+    using Base.Test
+    using Distributions, HypothesisTests
+
+    include("utils.jl")
+
+    has_ci(::Type{OneSampleZTest}) = true
+    has_p_value(::Type{OneSampleZTest}) = true
+    function call_test(::Type{OneSampleZTest}, x, simulation)
+        return OneSampleZTest(x)
+    end
+
+    has_ci(::Type{EqualVarianceZTest}) = true
+    has_p_value(::Type{EqualVarianceZTest}) = true
+    function call_test(::Type{EqualVarianceZTest}, x, y, simulation)
+        return EqualVarianceZTest(x, y)
+    end
+
+    has_ci(::Type{UnequalVarianceZTest}) = true
+    has_p_value(::Type{UnequalVarianceZTest}) = true
+    function call_test(::Type{UnequalVarianceZTest}, x, y, simulation)
+        return UnequalVarianceZTest(x, y)
+    end
+
+    @testset "OneSampleZTest" begin
+        results = simulate(
+            OneSampleSimulation(Normal(0.0, 1.0), 100),
+            OneSampleZTest,
+            10_000,
+        )
+        analyze_simulation(results)
+    end
+
+    @testset "EqualVarianceZTest" begin
+        results = simulate(
+            TwoSampleSimulation(Normal(0.0, 1.0), Normal(0.0, 1.0), 100, 100),
+            EqualVarianceZTest,
+            10_000,
+        )
+        analyze_simulation(results)
+    end
+
+    @testset "UnequalVarianceZTest" begin
+        results = simulate(
+            TwoSampleSimulation(Normal(0.0, 1.0), Normal(0.0, 2.0), 100, 100),
+            UnequalVarianceZTest,
+            10_000,
+        )
+        analyze_simulation(results)
+    end
+end