% { 4. Byzantine Coins. These data are from a % paper by Hendy and Charles (Archaeometry, 1970) and comprise the % silver content (\%Ag) of a number of Byzantine % coins discovered in Cyprus. The coins are from the first and fourth coinages % in the reign of % King Manuel I, Comnenus (1143--1180). % \begin{center} % \begin{tabular}{|l|ccccccccc|} % \hline % 1st coinage & 5.9 & 6.8 & 6.4 & 7.0 & 6.6 & 7.7 & 7.2 & 6.9 & 6.2 \\ % 4th coinage & 5.3 & 5.6 & 5.5 & 5.1 & 6.2 & 5.8 & 5.8 & & \\ % \hline % \end{tabular} % \end{center} % The question of interest is whether or not there % is statistical evidence to suggest that the silver content % of the coins was significantly different % in the later coinage. clear all close all %========== lw = 2; set(0, 'DefaultAxesFontSize', 16); fs = 16; msize = 6; %========== coins=[5.9 6.8 6.4 7.0 6.6 7.7 7.2 6.9 6.2 ... 5.3 5.6 5.5 5.1 6.2 5.8 5.8]; coins1=coins(1:9); coins2=coins(10:16); %-------------------------------- t = (mean(coins1)-mean(coins2))/sqrt(var(coins1)+var(coins2)) tps =[]; asl=0; N=10000; for i = 1:N coinsp=coins(randperm(16)); coinsp1=coinsp(1:9); coinsp2=coinsp(10:16); tp = (mean(coinsp1)-mean(coinsp2))/sqrt(var(coinsp1)+var(coinsp2)); tps = [tps tp ]; asl = asl + (abs(tp) > t ); end asl = asl/N hist(tps, 50) hold on plot([t t],[0,400],'k:','linewidth',5) % print -deps 'C:\NPBook\Bootstrap\permute1.eps'