Re: [ROOT] KS - Kolmogorov-Smirnov

From: Rene Brun (Rene.Brun@cern.ch)
Date: Tue May 21 2002 - 18:01:38 MEST


See TH1::KolmogorovTest
   http://root.cern.ch/root/htmldoc/TH1.html#TH1:KolmogorovTest

Example, assuming two histograms TH1F *h1, *h2,

 Double_t ks = h1->KolmogorovTest(h2);

Rene Brun

Stanley Forrester wrote:
> 
> I would like to compair two histograms with the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test or
> some similar goodness of fit test.  I know that chi squared and RMS are
> both avaliable as standard tests.  Are either the K-S or Anderson-Darling
> avaliable in root.  If so how do I access them?
> 
> --
> Stanley S. Forrester
> sforrest@lifshitz.ucdavis.edu
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 13:02:30 -0500
> From: Alexei N Safonov <safonov@fnal.gov>
> To: "Sforrest@Fnal. Gov" <sforrest@fnal.gov>
> Cc: sforrest@fnal.gov, jrsmith@fnal.gov, Maxwell Chertok <chertok@fnal.gov>
> Subject: RE: Your mail and Progress
> 
> KS - Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. It is standard in root.
> I presume you will have to look around a bit, but it
> should be not too difficult to find. If needed, we can
> look later together. For now, I suggest we produce the
> two files and then discuss how to compare them. I will
> ask Rob to send us his script and we will take a close
> look.
> 
> Cheers,
> Alexei
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stanley Forrester [mailto:sforrest@lifshitz.ucdavis.edu]
> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 12:50 PM
> To: Alexei N Safonov
> Cc: sforrest@fnal.gov; jrsmith@fnal.gov; Maxwell Chertok
> Subject: RE: Your mail and Progress
> 
> > I suggest you take a few another runs and produce
> > the root files (take runs from a different time range).
> > We will later need to work out the procedure for comparing
> > them to the sample one (I suggest to use KS test).
> 
> I'll continue using jbel01.  I'll have to look up how to tell different
> time ranges and could you explain what a KS test is?



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