#!/usr/bin/env python # /// script # requires-python = ">=3.10" # dependencies = [ # "scipy", # ] # /// """This script performs Welch's t-test on a JSON export file with two benchmark results to test for a difference in their population mean runtimes.""" import argparse import json import sys from scipy import stats parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__) parser.add_argument("file", help="JSON file with two benchmark results") args = parser.parse_args() with open(args.file) as f: results = json.load(f)["results"] if len(results) != 2: print("The input file has to contain exactly two benchmarks") sys.exit(1) a, b = (x["command"] for x in results[:2]) X, Y = (x["times"] for x in results[:2]) print(f"Command 1: {a}") print(f"Command 2: {b}\n") t, p = stats.ttest_ind(X, Y, equal_var=False) th = 0.05 dispose = p < th print(f"t = {t:.3}, p = {p:.3}") print() if dispose: print( f"A statistically significant difference in mean runtime was detected (p < {th})." ) else: print( f"No statistically significant difference in mean runtime was detected (p >= {th})." )