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+## Copyright (C) 1995-2012 Kurt Hornik
+##
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+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {[@var{pval}, @var{chisq}, @var{df}] =} chisquare_test_homogeneity (@var{x}, @var{y}, @var{c})
+## Given two samples @var{x} and @var{y}, perform a chisquare test for
+## homogeneity of the null hypothesis that @var{x} and @var{y} come from
+## the same distribution, based on the partition induced by the
+## (strictly increasing) entries of @var{c}.
+##
+## For large samples, the test statistic @var{chisq} approximately follows a
+## chisquare distribution with @var{df} = @code{length (@var{c})}
+## degrees of freedom.
+##
+## The p-value (1 minus the CDF of this distribution at @var{chisq}) is
+## returned in @var{pval}.
+##
+## If no output argument is given, the p-value is displayed.
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>
+## Description: Chi-square test for homogeneity
+
+function [pval, chisq, df] = chisquare_test_homogeneity (x, y, c)
+
+ if (nargin != 3)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ if (! (isvector(x) && isvector(y) && isvector(c)))
+ error ("chisquare_test_homogeneity: X, Y and C must be vectors");
+ endif
+ ## Now test c for strictly increasing entries
+ df = length (c);
+ if (any ((c(2 : df) - c(1 : (df - 1))) <= 0))
+ error ("chisquare_test_homogeneity: C must be increasing");
+ endif
+
+ c = [(reshape (c, 1, df)), Inf];
+ l_x = length (x);
+ x = reshape (x, l_x, 1);
+ n_x = sum (x * ones (1, df+1) < ones (l_x, 1) * c);
+ l_y = length (y);
+ y = reshape (y, l_y, 1);
+ n_y = sum(y * ones (1, df+1) < ones (l_y, 1) * c);
+ chisq = l_x * l_y * sum ((n_x/l_x - n_y/l_y).^2 ./ (n_x + n_y));
+ pval = 1 - chi2cdf (chisq, df);
+
+ if (nargout == 0)
+ printf(" pval: %g\n", pval);
+ endif
+
+endfunction