[SciPy-Dev] contribute wald-wolfowitz runs test to scipy.stats

[Warren Weckesser]

On 12/12/14, Parke Loyd <parke.loyd at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wrote a bit of code that computes the test statistic and p-value for the
> wald-wolfowitz runs test. Seems like it would fit nicely alongside the
> other statistical tests in the stats module (ansari, bartlett, ...). The
> code is currently available here
> <https://github.com/parkus/mypy/blob/master/statsutils.py> -- the function
> named runstest.
>
> The code works for my purposes, but I expect there is still much to be done
> before it will be ready for a pull request. Per the guide on contributing
> to SciPy, I figured I would get the conversation started to find out
> whether the community thought it a worthwhile contribution before making
> the effort to get it ready for a PR.
>


Parke,

The Wald-Wolfowitz test would be a nice addition to scipy.  If you
create a pull request, I hope Josef P. can help review it.  I probably
won't be able to do much more than a cursory review until January.

Warren


> Best,
> Parke
>