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+## Copyright (C) 1995-2012 Friedrich Leisch
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
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+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {[@var{pval}, @var{chisq}] =} run_test (@var{x})
+## Perform a chi-square test with 6 degrees of freedom based on the
+## upward runs in the columns of @var{x}. Can be used to test whether
+## @var{x} contains independent data.
+##
+## The p-value of the test is returned in @var{pval}.
+##
+## If no output argument is given, the p-value is displayed.
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: FL <Friedrich.Leisch@ci.tuwien.ac.at>
+## Description: Run test for independence
+
+function [pval, chisq] = run_test (x)
+
+ if (nargin != 1)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ A = [4529.4, 9044.9, 13568, 18091, 22615, 27892;
+ 9044.4, 18097, 27139, 36187, 45234, 55789;
+ 13568, 27139, 40721, 54281, 67852, 83685;
+ 18091, 36187, 54281, 72414, 90470, 111580;
+ 22615, 45234, 67852, 90470, 113262, 139476;
+ 27892, 55789, 83685, 111580, 139476, 172860];
+
+ b = [1/6; 5/24; 11/120; 19/720; 29/5040; 1/840];
+
+ n = rows (x);
+ r = run_count (x, 6) - n * b * ones (1, columns(x));
+
+ chisq = diag (r' * A * r)' / n;
+ pval = chi2cdf (chisq, 6);
+
+ if (nargout == 0)
+ printf("pval: %g\n", pval);
+ endif
+
+endfunction