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author Daniele Nicolodi <nicolodi@science.unitn.it>
date Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:24:37 +0100
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% Compute inverse of the Chi square cumulative distribution function
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% CALL 
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% x = Chi2inv(p,v);
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% INPUT
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% - p, probability or significance level
% - v, degrees of freedom of the distribution
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% Example: If you want the 95% confidence interval for a chi2 variable you
% should call
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% x = utils.math.Chi2inv([0.05/2 1-0.05/2],v)
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%   References:
%      [1]  M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, "Handbook of Mathematical
%      Functions", Government Printing Office, 1964, 26.4.
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% L Ferraioli 14-02-2011
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% $Id: Chi2inv.m,v 1.2 2011/05/30 17:18:09 luigi Exp $
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function x = Chi2inv(p,v)

a = v/2;
b = 2;
% Call the gamma inverse function. 
% x = gaminv(p,v/2,2); % uses statistic toolbox
q = gammaincinv(p,a,'lower');
x = q.*b;


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