Figure 9.12:

Values of \chi ^2 and F versus the number of data points when estimating 2 and 5 parameters.

Code for Figure 9.12

Text of the GNU GPL.

main.m


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p     = [2; 5];
alpha = 0.95;
nplot = 100;
large = 50;

for i = 1:length(p);

    min = p(i) + 1;
    ndata = linspace(min, large, nplot)';
    chisq = chi2inv(alpha, p(i))*ones(nplot, 1);
    Fstat = p(i)*finv(alpha, p(i), ndata - p(i));
    index = (i - 1)*3 + 1;
    table(:,index:index+2) = [ndata Fstat chisq];

end

save -ascii chiF.dat table;

if (~ strcmp (getenv ('OMIT_PLOTS'), 'true')) % PLOTTING
    plot (table(:,1), table(:,2), table(:,1), table(:,3), ...
           table(:,4), table(:,5), table(:,4), table(:,6));
    axis ([0, 50, 4, 20]);
    % TITLE
end % PLOTTING