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Compute confidence intervals for repeated measures data
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# Author Denis A. Engemann <d.engemann@gmail.com> | |
# | |
# License: BSD (3-clause) | |
import numpy as np | |
import pandas as pd | |
def ci_within(df, indexvar, withinvars, measvar, confint=0.95, | |
copy=True): | |
""" Compute CI / SEM correction factor | |
Morey 2008, Cousinaueu 2005, Loftus & Masson, 1994 | |
Also see R-cookbook http://goo.gl/QdwJl | |
Note. This functions helps to generate appropriate confidence | |
intervals for repeated measure designs. | |
Standard confidence intervals are are computed on normalized data | |
and a correction factor is applied that prevents insanely small values. | |
df : instance of pandas.DataFrame | |
The data frame objetct. | |
indexvar : str | |
The column name of of the identifier variable that representing | |
subjects or repeated measures | |
withinvars : str | list of str | |
The column names of the categorial data identifying random effects | |
measvar : str | |
The column name of the response measure | |
confint : float | |
The confidence interval | |
copy : bool | |
Whether to copy the data frame or not. | |
""" | |
if copy: | |
df = df.copy() | |
# Apply Cousinaueu's method: | |
# compute grand mean | |
mean_ = df[measvar].mean() | |
# compute subject means | |
subj_means = df.groupby(indexvar)[measvar].mean().values | |
for subj, smean_ in zip(df[indexvar].unique(), subj_means): | |
# center | |
df[measvar][df[indexvar] == subj] -= smean_ | |
# add grand average | |
df[measvar][df[indexvar] == subj] += mean_ | |
def sem(x): | |
return x.std() / np.sqrt(len(x)) | |
def ci(x): | |
se = sem(x) | |
return se * scipy.stats.t.interval(confint, len(x) - 1)[1] | |
aggfuncs = [np.mean, np.std, sem, ci] | |
out = df.groupby(withinvars)[measvar].agg(aggfuncs) | |
# compute & apply correction factor | |
n_within = np.prod([len(df[k].unique()) for k in withinvars], | |
dtype= df[measvar].dtype) | |
cf = np.sqrt(n_within / (n_within - 1)) | |
for k in ['sem', 'std', 'ci']: | |
out[k] *= cf | |
return out |
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