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[2/3] [math] [MATH-1205] Major refactoring of the descriptive statistics package.

[MATH-1205] Major refactoring of the descriptive statistics package.


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Branch: refs/heads/master
Commit: 845e1d54231d3ff3fb04bdbf5dc5f6b631d9b01e
Parents: e31fde8
Author: Thomas Neidhart <th...@gmail.com>
Authored: Mon Apr 13 22:11:35 2015 +0200
Committer: Thomas Neidhart <th...@gmail.com>
Committed: Mon Apr 13 22:11:35 2015 +0200

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 src/changes/changes.xml                         |  25 ++
 .../AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic.java   |  90 ++---
 .../AbstractUnivariateStatistic.java            | 182 ++--------
 .../StorelessUnivariateStatistic.java           |   7 +-
 .../stat/descriptive/UnivariateStatistic.java   |   1 -
 .../stat/descriptive/moment/FirstMoment.java    |   5 +-
 .../stat/descriptive/moment/FourthMoment.java   |   5 +-
 .../stat/descriptive/moment/GeometricMean.java  |  24 +-
 .../math4/stat/descriptive/moment/Kurtosis.java |  37 +-
 .../math4/stat/descriptive/moment/Mean.java     |  23 +-
 .../stat/descriptive/moment/SecondMoment.java   |  10 +-
 .../stat/descriptive/moment/SemiVariance.java   | 344 +++++++++----------
 .../math4/stat/descriptive/moment/Skewness.java |  22 +-
 .../descriptive/moment/StandardDeviation.java   |  22 +-
 .../stat/descriptive/moment/ThirdMoment.java    |  10 +-
 .../math4/stat/descriptive/moment/Variance.java |  53 ++-
 .../math4/stat/descriptive/rank/Max.java        |  14 +-
 .../math4/stat/descriptive/rank/Median.java     |   3 +-
 .../math4/stat/descriptive/rank/Min.java        |  14 +-
 .../descriptive/rank/PSquarePercentile.java     |  41 +--
 .../math4/stat/descriptive/rank/Percentile.java |  48 ++-
 .../math4/stat/descriptive/summary/Product.java |  24 +-
 .../math4/stat/descriptive/summary/Sum.java     |  26 +-
 .../stat/descriptive/summary/SumOfLogs.java     |  16 +-
 .../stat/descriptive/summary/SumOfSquares.java  |  16 +-
 .../AbstractUnivariateStatisticTest.java        | 103 ------
 .../descriptive/DescriptiveStatisticsTest.java  |  15 +-
 .../MixedListUnivariateImplTest.java            |  30 +-
 .../MultivariateSummaryStatisticsTest.java      |   9 +
 ...torelessUnivariateStatisticAbstractTest.java |  23 +-
 .../UnivariateStatisticAbstractTest.java        |  14 +-
 .../stat/descriptive/moment/KurtosisTest.java   |   1 -
 .../stat/descriptive/moment/SkewnessTest.java   |   1 -
 .../moment/StandardDeviationTest.java           |   2 +-
 .../stat/descriptive/moment/VarianceTest.java   |   2 +-
 .../math4/stat/descriptive/rank/MaxTest.java    |   3 +-
 .../math4/stat/descriptive/rank/MedianTest.java |  18 +-
 .../math4/stat/descriptive/rank/MinTest.java    |   3 +-
 .../descriptive/rank/PSquarePercentileTest.java |   9 +-
 .../stat/descriptive/summary/ProductTest.java   |  11 +-
 .../stat/descriptive/summary/SumLogTest.java    |   5 +-
 .../stat/descriptive/summary/SumSqTest.java     |   6 +-
 .../math4/stat/descriptive/summary/SumTest.java |  11 +-
 43 files changed, 545 insertions(+), 783 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-math/blob/845e1d54/src/changes/changes.xml
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diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 39fe6fe..8eaca42 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,31 @@ If the output is not quite correct, check for invisible trailing spaces!
     </release>
 
     <release version="4.0" date="XXXX-XX-XX" description="">
+      <action dev="tn" type="remove" issue="MATH-1205">
+        Removed methods "test(...)" from "AbstractUnivariateStatistic".
+        The already existing methods "MathArrays#verifyValues(...)" shall
+        be used instead.
+      </action>    
+      <action dev="tn" type="update" issue="MATH-1205">
+        The abstract class "AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic" does not
+        extend anymore from "AbstractUnivariateStatistic".
+      </action>    
+      <action dev="tn" type="update" issue="MATH-1205">
+        Default implementation of
+        "AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic#equals(Object)"
+        will only return true if both instances have the same type. Previously
+        different statistics were considered to be equal if their current state
+        happened to be equal.
+      </action>    
+      <action dev="tn" type="update" issue="MATH-1205">
+        Default implementations of "AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic#evaluate(...)"
+        do not alter the internal state anymore. Instead a temporary copy of
+        the statistic is created for evaluation purposes.
+      </action>    
+      <action dev="tn" type="fix" issue="MATH-1205">
+        Methods "evaluate(...)" of class "Variance" changed the internal state
+        although it was stated differently in the javadoc.
+      </action>    
       <action dev="luc" type="fix" issue="MATH-1191">
         Fixed ignored method parameters in QRDecomposition protected methods.
       </action>    

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-math/blob/845e1d54/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic.java
index 197f93f..599188f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic.java
@@ -19,37 +19,34 @@ package org.apache.commons.math4.stat.descriptive;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.exception.MathIllegalArgumentException;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.exception.NullArgumentException;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.exception.util.LocalizedFormats;
+import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathArrays;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.util.Precision;
 
 /**
- *
- * Abstract implementation of the {@link StorelessUnivariateStatistic} interface.
+ * Abstract base class for implementations of the
+ * {@link StorelessUnivariateStatistic} interface.
  * <p>
- * Provides default <code>evaluate()</code> and <code>incrementAll(double[])</code>
- * implementations.</p>
+ * Provides default {@code evaluate(double[],...)} and {@code incrementAll(double[])}
+ * implementations.
  * <p>
- * <strong>Note that these implementations are not synchronized.</strong></p>
- *
+ * <strong>Note that these implementations are not synchronized.</strong>
  */
 public abstract class AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
-    extends AbstractUnivariateStatistic
     implements StorelessUnivariateStatistic {
 
     /**
-     * This default implementation calls {@link #clear}, then invokes
-     * {@link #increment} in a loop over the the input array, and then uses
-     * {@link #getResult} to compute the return value.
+     * This default implementation creates a copy of this {@link StorelessUnivariateStatistic}
+     * instance, calls {@link #clear} on it, then calls {@link #incrementAll} with the specified
+     * portion of the input array, and then uses {@link #getResult} to compute the return value.
      * <p>
-     * Note that this implementation changes the internal state of the
-     * statistic.  Its side effects are the same as invoking {@link #clear} and
-     * then {@link #incrementAll(double[])}.</p>
+     * Note that this implementation does not change the internal state of the statistic.
      * <p>
-     * Implementations may override this method with a more efficient and
-     * possibly more accurate implementation that works directly with the
-     * input array.</p>
+     * Implementations may override this method with a more efficient and possibly more
+     * accurate implementation that works directly with the input array.
      * <p>
-     * If the array is null, a MathIllegalArgumentException is thrown.</p>
+     * If the array is null, a MathIllegalArgumentException is thrown.
+     *
      * @param values input array
      * @return the value of the statistic applied to the input array
      * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException if values is null
@@ -64,20 +61,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
     }
 
     /**
-     * This default implementation calls {@link #clear}, then invokes
-     * {@link #increment} in a loop over the specified portion of the input
-     * array, and then uses {@link #getResult} to compute the return value.
+     * This default implementation creates a copy of this {@link StorelessUnivariateStatistic}
+     * instance, calls {@link #clear} on it, then calls {@link #incrementAll} with the specified
+     * portion of the input array, and then uses {@link #getResult} to compute the return value.
      * <p>
-     * Note that this implementation changes the internal state of the
-     * statistic.  Its side effects are the same as invoking {@link #clear} and
-     * then {@link #incrementAll(double[], int, int)}.</p>
+     * Note that this implementation does not change the internal state of the statistic.
      * <p>
-     * Implementations may override this method with a more efficient and
-     * possibly more accurate implementation that works directly with the
-     * input array.</p>
+     * Implementations may override this method with a more efficient and possibly more
+     * accurate implementation that works directly with the input array.
      * <p>
      * If the array is null or the index parameters are not valid, an
-     * MathIllegalArgumentException is thrown.</p>
+     * MathIllegalArgumentException is thrown.
+     *
      * @param values the input array
      * @param begin the index of the first element to include
      * @param length the number of elements to include
@@ -86,13 +81,16 @@ public abstract class AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
      * @see org.apache.commons.math4.stat.descriptive.UnivariateStatistic#evaluate(double[], int, int)
      */
     @Override
-    public double evaluate(final double[] values, final int begin,
-            final int length) throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
-        if (test(values, begin, length)) {
-            clear();
-            incrementAll(values, begin, length);
+    public double evaluate(final double[] values, final int begin, final int length)
+        throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
+
+        if (MathArrays.verifyValues(values, begin, length)) {
+            final StorelessUnivariateStatistic stat = copy();
+            stat.clear();
+            stat.incrementAll(values, begin, length);
+            return stat.getResult();
         }
-        return getResult();
+        return Double.NaN;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -123,11 +121,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
      * This default implementation just calls {@link #increment} in a loop over
      * the input array.
      * <p>
-     * Throws IllegalArgumentException if the input values array is null.</p>
+     * Throws IllegalArgumentException if the input values array is null.
      *
      * @param values values to add
      * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException if values is null
-     * @see org.apache.commons.math4.stat.descriptive.StorelessUnivariateStatistic#incrementAll(double[])
+     * @see StorelessUnivariateStatistic#incrementAll(double[])
      */
     @Override
     public void incrementAll(double[] values) throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
@@ -141,17 +139,17 @@ public abstract class AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
      * This default implementation just calls {@link #increment} in a loop over
      * the specified portion of the input array.
      * <p>
-     * Throws IllegalArgumentException if the input values array is null.</p>
+     * Throws IllegalArgumentException if the input values array is null.
      *
      * @param values  array holding values to add
      * @param begin   index of the first array element to add
      * @param length  number of array elements to add
      * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException if values is null
-     * @see org.apache.commons.math4.stat.descriptive.StorelessUnivariateStatistic#incrementAll(double[], int, int)
+     * @see StorelessUnivariateStatistic#incrementAll(double[], int, int)
      */
     @Override
     public void incrementAll(double[] values, int begin, int length) throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
-        if (test(values, begin, length)) {
+        if (MathArrays.verifyValues(values, begin, length)) {
             int k = begin + length;
             for (int i = begin; i < k; i++) {
                 increment(values[i]);
@@ -160,9 +158,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns true iff <code>object</code> is an
-     * <code>AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic</code> returning the same
-     * values as this for <code>getResult()</code> and <code>getN()</code>
+     * Returns true iff <code>object</code> is the same type of
+     * {@link StorelessUnivariateStatistic} (the object's class equals this
+     * instance) returning the same values as this for <code>getResult()</code>
+     * and <code>getN()</code>.
+     *
      * @param object object to test equality against.
      * @return true if object returns the same value as this
      */
@@ -171,22 +171,22 @@ public abstract class AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
         if (object == this ) {
             return true;
         }
-       if (object instanceof AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic == false) {
+        if (object == null || object.getClass() != this.getClass()) {
             return false;
         }
-        AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic stat = (AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic) object;
+        StorelessUnivariateStatistic stat = (StorelessUnivariateStatistic) object;
         return Precision.equalsIncludingNaN(stat.getResult(), this.getResult()) &&
                Precision.equalsIncludingNaN(stat.getN(), this.getN());
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns hash code based on getResult() and getN()
+     * Returns hash code based on getResult() and getN().
      *
      * @return hash code
      */
     @Override
     public int hashCode() {
-        return 31* (31 + MathUtils.hash(getResult())) + MathUtils.hash(getN());
+        return 31 * (31 + MathUtils.hash(getResult())) + MathUtils.hash(getN());
     }
 
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-math/blob/845e1d54/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/AbstractUnivariateStatistic.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/AbstractUnivariateStatistic.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/AbstractUnivariateStatistic.java
index ab8e02d..e953aed 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/AbstractUnivariateStatistic.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/AbstractUnivariateStatistic.java
@@ -24,16 +24,10 @@ import org.apache.commons.math4.exception.util.LocalizedFormats;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathArrays;
 
 /**
- * Abstract base class for all implementations of the
- * {@link UnivariateStatistic} interface.
+ * Abstract base class for implementations of the {@link UnivariateStatistic} interface.
  * <p>
  * Provides a default implementation of <code>evaluate(double[]),</code>
  * delegating to <code>evaluate(double[], int, int)</code> in the natural way.
- * </p>
- * <p>
- * Also includes a <code>test</code> method that performs generic parameter
- * validation for the <code>evaluate</code> methods.</p>
- *
  */
 public abstract class AbstractUnivariateStatistic
     implements UnivariateStatistic {
@@ -42,6 +36,28 @@ public abstract class AbstractUnivariateStatistic
     private double[] storedData;
 
     /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public double evaluate(final double[] values) throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
+        MathArrays.verifyValues(values, 0, 0);
+        return evaluate(values, 0, values.length);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public abstract double evaluate(final double[] values, final int begin, final int length)
+        throws MathIllegalArgumentException;
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public abstract UnivariateStatistic copy();
+
+    /**
      * Set the data array.
      * <p>
      * The stored value is a copy of the parameter array, not the array itself.
@@ -80,7 +96,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractUnivariateStatistic
      * @see #evaluate()
      */
     public void setData(final double[] values, final int begin, final int length)
-    throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
+            throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
         if (values == null) {
             throw new NullArgumentException(LocalizedFormats.INPUT_ARRAY);
         }
@@ -113,154 +129,4 @@ public abstract class AbstractUnivariateStatistic
         return evaluate(storedData);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * {@inheritDoc}
-     */
-    @Override
-    public double evaluate(final double[] values) throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
-        test(values, 0, 0);
-        return evaluate(values, 0, values.length);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * {@inheritDoc}
-     */
-    @Override
-    public abstract double evaluate(final double[] values, final int begin, final int length)
-    throws MathIllegalArgumentException;
-
-    /**
-     * {@inheritDoc}
-     */
-    @Override
-    public abstract UnivariateStatistic copy();
-
-    /**
-     * This method is used by <code>evaluate(double[], int, int)</code> methods
-     * to verify that the input parameters designate a subarray of positive length.
-     * <p>
-     * <ul>
-     * <li>returns <code>true</code> iff the parameters designate a subarray of
-     * positive length</li>
-     * <li>throws <code>MathIllegalArgumentException</code> if the array is null or
-     * or the indices are invalid</li>
-     * <li>returns <code>false</li> if the array is non-null, but
-     * <code>length</code> is 0.
-     * </ul></p>
-     *
-     * @param values the input array
-     * @param begin index of the first array element to include
-     * @param length the number of elements to include
-     * @return true if the parameters are valid and designate a subarray of positive length
-     * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException if the indices are invalid or the array is null
-     */
-    protected boolean test(
-        final double[] values,
-        final int begin,
-        final int length) throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
-        return MathArrays.verifyValues(values, begin, length, false);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * This method is used by <code>evaluate(double[], int, int)</code> methods
-     * to verify that the input parameters designate a subarray of positive length.
-     * <p>
-     * <ul>
-     * <li>returns <code>true</code> iff the parameters designate a subarray of
-     * non-negative length</li>
-     * <li>throws <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> if the array is null or
-     * or the indices are invalid</li>
-     * <li>returns <code>false</li> if the array is non-null, but
-     * <code>length</code> is 0 unless <code>allowEmpty</code> is <code>true</code>
-     * </ul></p>
-     *
-     * @param values the input array
-     * @param begin index of the first array element to include
-     * @param length the number of elements to include
-     * @param allowEmpty if <code>true</code> then zero length arrays are allowed
-     * @return true if the parameters are valid
-     * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException if the indices are invalid or the array is null
-     * @since 3.0
-     */
-    protected boolean test(final double[] values, final int begin,
-            final int length, final boolean allowEmpty) throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
-        return MathArrays.verifyValues(values, begin, length, allowEmpty);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * This method is used by <code>evaluate(double[], double[], int, int)</code> methods
-     * to verify that the begin and length parameters designate a subarray of positive length
-     * and the weights are all non-negative, non-NaN, finite, and not all zero.
-     * <p>
-     * <ul>
-     * <li>returns <code>true</code> iff the parameters designate a subarray of
-     * positive length and the weights array contains legitimate values.</li>
-     * <li>throws <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> if any of the following are true:
-     * <ul><li>the values array is null</li>
-     *     <li>the weights array is null</li>
-     *     <li>the weights array does not have the same length as the values array</li>
-     *     <li>the weights array contains one or more infinite values</li>
-     *     <li>the weights array contains one or more NaN values</li>
-     *     <li>the weights array contains negative values</li>
-     *     <li>the start and length arguments do not determine a valid array</li></ul>
-     * </li>
-     * <li>returns <code>false</li> if the array is non-null, but
-     * <code>length</code> is 0.
-     * </ul></p>
-     *
-     * @param values the input array
-     * @param weights the weights array
-     * @param begin index of the first array element to include
-     * @param length the number of elements to include
-     * @return true if the parameters are valid and designate a subarray of positive length
-     * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException if the indices are invalid or the array is null
-     * @since 2.1
-     */
-    protected boolean test(
-        final double[] values,
-        final double[] weights,
-        final int begin,
-        final int length) throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
-        return MathArrays.verifyValues(values, weights, begin, length, false);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * This method is used by <code>evaluate(double[], double[], int, int)</code> methods
-     * to verify that the begin and length parameters designate a subarray of positive length
-     * and the weights are all non-negative, non-NaN, finite, and not all zero.
-     * <p>
-     * <ul>
-     * <li>returns <code>true</code> iff the parameters designate a subarray of
-     * non-negative length and the weights array contains legitimate values.</li>
-     * <li>throws <code>MathIllegalArgumentException</code> if any of the following are true:
-     * <ul><li>the values array is null</li>
-     *     <li>the weights array is null</li>
-     *     <li>the weights array does not have the same length as the values array</li>
-     *     <li>the weights array contains one or more infinite values</li>
-     *     <li>the weights array contains one or more NaN values</li>
-     *     <li>the weights array contains negative values</li>
-     *     <li>the start and length arguments do not determine a valid array</li></ul>
-     * </li>
-     * <li>returns <code>false</li> if the array is non-null, but
-     * <code>length</code> is 0 unless <code>allowEmpty</code> is <code>true</code>.
-     * </ul></p>
-     *
-     * @param values the input array.
-     * @param weights the weights array.
-     * @param begin index of the first array element to include.
-     * @param length the number of elements to include.
-     * @param allowEmpty if {@code true} than allow zero length arrays to pass.
-     * @return {@code true} if the parameters are valid.
-     * @throws NullArgumentException if either of the arrays are null
-     * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException if the array indices are not valid,
-     * the weights array contains NaN, infinite or negative elements, or there
-     * are no positive weights.
-     * @since 3.0
-     */
-    protected boolean test(final double[] values, final double[] weights,
-            final int begin, final int length, final boolean allowEmpty) throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
-
-        return MathArrays.verifyValues(values, weights, begin, length, allowEmpty);
-    }
 }
-

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-math/blob/845e1d54/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/StorelessUnivariateStatistic.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/StorelessUnivariateStatistic.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/StorelessUnivariateStatistic.java
index 938e093..e3db965 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/StorelessUnivariateStatistic.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/StorelessUnivariateStatistic.java
@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ import org.apache.commons.math4.exception.MathIllegalArgumentException;
  * <p>
  * This interface is designed to be used for calculating statistics that can be
  * computed in one pass through the data without storing the full array of
- * sample values.</p>
- *
+ * sample values.
+ * <p>
+ * Note: unless otherwise stated, the {@link #evaluate(double[])} and
+ * {@link #evaluate(double[], int, int)} methods do <b>NOT</b> alter the internal
+ * state of the respective statistic.
  */
 public interface StorelessUnivariateStatistic extends UnivariateStatistic {
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-math/blob/845e1d54/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/UnivariateStatistic.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/UnivariateStatistic.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/UnivariateStatistic.java
index 03228be..3a07a92 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/UnivariateStatistic.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/UnivariateStatistic.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathArrays;
 
 /**
  * Base interface implemented by all statistics.
- *
  */
 public interface UnivariateStatistic extends MathArrays.Function {
     /**

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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/FirstMoment.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/FirstMoment.java
index 00d8513..a1eb340 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/FirstMoment.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/FirstMoment.java
@@ -46,14 +46,12 @@ import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathUtils;
  * multiple threads access an instance of this class concurrently, and at least
  * one of the threads invokes the <code>increment()</code> or
  * <code>clear()</code> method, it must be synchronized externally.</p>
- *
  */
 class FirstMoment extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
     implements Serializable {
 
     /** Serializable version identifier */
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 6112755307178490473L;
-
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 20150412L;
 
     /** Count of values that have been added */
     protected long n;
@@ -161,7 +159,6 @@ class FirstMoment extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
         throws NullArgumentException {
         MathUtils.checkNotNull(source);
         MathUtils.checkNotNull(dest);
-        dest.setData(source.getDataRef());
         dest.n = source.n;
         dest.m1 = source.m1;
         dest.dev = source.dev;

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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/FourthMoment.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/FourthMoment.java
index d7d07df..d005762 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/FourthMoment.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/FourthMoment.java
@@ -52,12 +52,11 @@ import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathUtils;
  * multiple threads access an instance of this class concurrently, and at least
  * one of the threads invokes the <code>increment()</code> or
  * <code>clear()</code> method, it must be synchronized externally. </p>
- *
  */
 class FourthMoment extends ThirdMoment implements Serializable{
 
     /** Serializable version identifier */
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 4763990447117157611L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 20150412L;
 
     /** fourth moment of values that have been added */
     private double m4;
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ class FourthMoment extends ThirdMoment implements Serializable{
 
     /**
      * Copy constructor, creates a new {@code FourthMoment} identical
-     * to the {@code original}
+     * to the {@code original}.
      *
      * @param original the {@code FourthMoment} instance to copy
      * @throws NullArgumentException if original is null

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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/GeometricMean.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/GeometricMean.java
index ab628de..938930b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/GeometricMean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/GeometricMean.java
@@ -48,19 +48,17 @@ import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathUtils;
  * multiple threads access an instance of this class concurrently, and at least
  * one of the threads invokes the <code>increment()</code> or
  * <code>clear()</code> method, it must be synchronized externally.</p>
- *
- *
  */
 public class GeometricMean extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Serializable {
 
     /** Serializable version identifier */
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = -8178734905303459453L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 20150412L;
 
     /** Wrapped SumOfLogs instance */
     private StorelessUnivariateStatistic sumOfLogs;
 
     /**
-     * Create a GeometricMean instance
+     * Create a GeometricMean instance.
      */
     public GeometricMean() {
         sumOfLogs = new SumOfLogs();
@@ -68,7 +66,7 @@ public class GeometricMean extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implemen
 
     /**
      * Copy constructor, creates a new {@code GeometricMean} identical
-     * to the {@code original}
+     * to the {@code original}.
      *
      * @param original the {@code GeometricMean} instance to copy
      * @throws NullArgumentException if original is null
@@ -80,7 +78,7 @@ public class GeometricMean extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implemen
 
     /**
      * Create a GeometricMean instance using the given SumOfLogs instance
-     * @param sumOfLogs sum of logs instance to use for computation
+     * @param sumOfLogs sum of logs instance to use for computation.
      */
     public GeometricMean(SumOfLogs sumOfLogs) {
         this.sumOfLogs = sumOfLogs;
@@ -142,11 +140,9 @@ public class GeometricMean extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implemen
      * index parameters are not valid
      */
     @Override
-    public double evaluate(
-        final double[] values, final int begin, final int length)
-    throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
-        return FastMath.exp(
-            sumOfLogs.evaluate(values, begin, length) / length);
+    public double evaluate(final double[] values, final int begin, final int length)
+        throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
+        return FastMath.exp(sumOfLogs.evaluate(values, begin, length) / length);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -169,13 +165,13 @@ public class GeometricMean extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implemen
      *  (i.e if n > 0)
      */
     public void setSumLogImpl(StorelessUnivariateStatistic sumLogImpl)
-    throws MathIllegalStateException {
+        throws MathIllegalStateException {
         checkEmpty();
         this.sumOfLogs = sumLogImpl;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the currently configured sum of logs implementation
+     * Returns the currently configured sum of logs implementation.
      *
      * @return the StorelessUnivariateStatistic implementing the log sum
      */
@@ -195,11 +191,9 @@ public class GeometricMean extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implemen
         throws NullArgumentException {
         MathUtils.checkNotNull(source);
         MathUtils.checkNotNull(dest);
-        dest.setData(source.getDataRef());
         dest.sumOfLogs = source.sumOfLogs.copy();
     }
 
-
     /**
      * Throws MathIllegalStateException if n > 0.
      * @throws MathIllegalStateException if data has been added to this statistic

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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/Kurtosis.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/Kurtosis.java
index 2164ed9..8e5f280 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/Kurtosis.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/Kurtosis.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.math4.exception.MathIllegalArgumentException;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.exception.NullArgumentException;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.stat.descriptive.AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.util.FastMath;
+import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathArrays;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathUtils;
 
 
@@ -29,27 +30,26 @@ import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathUtils;
  * Computes the Kurtosis of the available values.
  * <p>
  * We use the following (unbiased) formula to define kurtosis:</p>
- *  <p>
- *  kurtosis = { [n(n+1) / (n -1)(n - 2)(n-3)] sum[(x_i - mean)^4] / std^4 } - [3(n-1)^2 / (n-2)(n-3)]
- *  </p><p>
- *  where n is the number of values, mean is the {@link Mean} and std is the
+ * <p>
+ * kurtosis = { [n(n+1) / (n -1)(n - 2)(n-3)] sum[(x_i - mean)^4] / std^4 } - [3(n-1)^2 / (n-2)(n-3)]
+ * </p><p>
+ * where n is the number of values, mean is the {@link Mean} and std is the
  * {@link StandardDeviation}</p>
  * <p>
- *  Note that this statistic is undefined for n < 4.  <code>Double.Nan</code>
- *  is returned when there is not sufficient data to compute the statistic.
- *  Note that Double.NaN may also be returned if the input includes NaN
- *  and / or infinite values.</p>
+ * Note that this statistic is undefined for n < 4.  <code>Double.Nan</code>
+ * is returned when there is not sufficient data to compute the statistic.
+ * Note that Double.NaN may also be returned if the input includes NaN
+ * and / or infinite values.</p>
  * <p>
  * <strong>Note that this implementation is not synchronized.</strong> If
  * multiple threads access an instance of this class concurrently, and at least
  * one of the threads invokes the <code>increment()</code> or
  * <code>clear()</code> method, it must be synchronized externally.</p>
- *
  */
 public class Kurtosis extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic  implements Serializable {
 
     /** Serializable version identifier */
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2784465764798260919L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 20150412L;
 
     /**Fourth Moment on which this statistic is based */
     protected FourthMoment moment;
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ public class Kurtosis extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic  implements S
      * <p>
      * Statistics based on (constructed from) external moments cannot
      * be incremented or cleared.</p>
-    */
+     */
     protected boolean incMoment;
 
     /**
-     * Construct a Kurtosis
+     * Construct a Kurtosis.
      */
     public Kurtosis() {
         incMoment = true;
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class Kurtosis extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic  implements S
     }
 
     /**
-     * Construct a Kurtosis from an external moment
+     * Construct a Kurtosis from an external moment.
      *
      * @param m4 external Moment
      */
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class Kurtosis extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic  implements S
 
     /**
      * Copy constructor, creates a new {@code Kurtosis} identical
-     * to the {@code original}
+     * to the {@code original}.
      *
      * @param original the {@code Kurtosis} instance to copy
      * @throws NullArgumentException if original is null
@@ -161,13 +161,13 @@ public class Kurtosis extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic  implements S
      * index parameters are not valid
      */
     @Override
-    public double evaluate(final double[] values,final int begin, final int length)
-    throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
+    public double evaluate(final double[] values, final int begin, final int length)
+        throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
+
         // Initialize the kurtosis
         double kurt = Double.NaN;
 
-        if (test(values, begin, length) && length > 3) {
-
+        if (MathArrays.verifyValues(values, begin, length) && length > 3) {
             // Compute the mean and standard deviation
             Variance variance = new Variance();
             variance.incrementAll(values, begin, length);
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ public class Kurtosis extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic  implements S
         throws NullArgumentException {
         MathUtils.checkNotNull(source);
         MathUtils.checkNotNull(dest);
-        dest.setData(source.getDataRef());
         dest.moment = source.moment.copy();
         dest.incMoment = source.incMoment;
     }

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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/Mean.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/Mean.java
index 46a4551..4a23b0e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/Mean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/Mean.java
@@ -23,11 +23,12 @@ import org.apache.commons.math4.exception.NullArgumentException;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.stat.descriptive.AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.stat.descriptive.WeightedEvaluation;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.stat.descriptive.summary.Sum;
+import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathArrays;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathUtils;
 
 /**
- * <p>Computes the arithmetic mean of a set of values. Uses the definitional
- * formula:</p>
+ * Computes the arithmetic mean of a set of values. Uses the definitional
+ * formula:
  * <p>
  * mean = sum(x_i) / n
  * </p>
@@ -58,13 +59,12 @@ import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathUtils;
  * multiple threads access an instance of this class concurrently, and at least
  * one of the threads invokes the <code>increment()</code> or
  * <code>clear()</code> method, it must be synchronized externally.
- *
  */
 public class Mean extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
     implements Serializable, WeightedEvaluation {
 
     /** Serializable version identifier */
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = -1296043746617791564L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 20150412L;
 
     /** First moment on which this statistic is based. */
     protected FirstMoment moment;
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class Mean extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
 
     /**
      * Copy constructor, creates a new {@code Mean} identical
-     * to the {@code original}
+     * to the {@code original}.
      *
      * @param original the {@code Mean} instance to copy
      * @throws NullArgumentException if original is null
@@ -160,9 +160,10 @@ public class Mean extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
      *  parameters are not valid
      */
     @Override
-    public double evaluate(final double[] values,final int begin, final int length)
-    throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
-        if (test(values, begin, length)) {
+    public double evaluate(final double[] values, final int begin, final int length)
+        throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
+
+        if (MathArrays.verifyValues(values, begin, length)) {
             Sum sum = new Sum();
             double sampleSize = length;
 
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ public class Mean extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
     @Override
     public double evaluate(final double[] values, final double[] weights,
                            final int begin, final int length) throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
-        if (test(values, weights, begin, length)) {
+        if (MathArrays.verifyValues(values, weights, begin, length)) {
             Sum sum = new Sum();
 
             // Compute initial estimate using definitional formula
@@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ public class Mean extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
      */
     @Override
     public double evaluate(final double[] values, final double[] weights)
-    throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
+        throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
         return evaluate(values, weights, 0, values.length);
     }
 
@@ -269,7 +270,6 @@ public class Mean extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
         return result;
     }
 
-
     /**
      * Copies source to dest.
      * <p>Neither source nor dest can be null.</p>
@@ -282,7 +282,6 @@ public class Mean extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
         throws NullArgumentException {
         MathUtils.checkNotNull(source);
         MathUtils.checkNotNull(dest);
-        dest.setData(source.getDataRef());
         dest.incMoment = source.incMoment;
         dest.moment = source.moment.copy();
     }

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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/SecondMoment.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/SecondMoment.java
index e617ada..6cab875 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/SecondMoment.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/SecondMoment.java
@@ -44,18 +44,17 @@ import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathUtils;
  * multiple threads access an instance of this class concurrently, and at least
  * one of the threads invokes the <code>increment()</code> or
  * <code>clear()</code> method, it must be synchronized externally.</p>
- *
  */
 public class SecondMoment extends FirstMoment implements Serializable {
 
     /** Serializable version identifier */
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 3942403127395076445L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 20150412L;
 
     /** second moment of values that have been added */
     protected double m2;
 
     /**
-     * Create a SecondMoment instance
+     * Create a SecondMoment instance.
      */
     public SecondMoment() {
         super();
@@ -64,13 +63,12 @@ public class SecondMoment extends FirstMoment implements Serializable {
 
     /**
      * Copy constructor, creates a new {@code SecondMoment} identical
-     * to the {@code original}
+     * to the {@code original}.
      *
      * @param original the {@code SecondMoment} instance to copy
      * @throws NullArgumentException if original is null
      */
-    public SecondMoment(SecondMoment original)
-    throws NullArgumentException {
+    public SecondMoment(SecondMoment original) throws NullArgumentException {
         super(original);
         this.m2 = original.m2;
     }

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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/SemiVariance.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/SemiVariance.java
index 10c8659..2c8f840 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/SemiVariance.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/SemiVariance.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.io.Serializable;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.exception.MathIllegalArgumentException;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.exception.NullArgumentException;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.stat.descriptive.AbstractUnivariateStatistic;
+import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathArrays;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -66,11 +67,11 @@ public class SemiVariance extends AbstractUnivariateStatistic implements Seriali
     public static final Direction DOWNSIDE_VARIANCE = Direction.DOWNSIDE;
 
     /** Serializable version identifier */
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = -2653430366886024994L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 20150412L;
 
     /**
      * Determines whether or not bias correction is applied when computing the
-     * value of the statisic.  True means that bias is corrected.
+     * value of the statistic.  True means that bias is corrected.
      */
     private boolean biasCorrected = true;
 
@@ -98,7 +99,6 @@ public class SemiVariance extends AbstractUnivariateStatistic implements Seriali
         this.biasCorrected = biasCorrected;
     }
 
-
     /**
      * Constructs a SemiVariance with the specified <code>Direction</code> property
      * and default (true) <code>biasCorrected</code> property
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ public class SemiVariance extends AbstractUnivariateStatistic implements Seriali
         this.varianceDirection = direction;
     }
 
-
     /**
      * Constructs a SemiVariance with the specified <code>isBiasCorrected</code>
      * property and the specified <code>Direction</code> property.
@@ -127,10 +126,9 @@ public class SemiVariance extends AbstractUnivariateStatistic implements Seriali
         this.varianceDirection = direction;
     }
 
-
     /**
      * Copy constructor, creates a new {@code SemiVariance} identical
-     * to the {@code original}
+     * to the {@code original}.
      *
      * @param original the {@code SemiVariance} instance to copy
      * @throws NullArgumentException  if original is null
@@ -139,7 +137,6 @@ public class SemiVariance extends AbstractUnivariateStatistic implements Seriali
         copy(original, this);
     }
 
-
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
@@ -151,7 +148,6 @@ public class SemiVariance extends AbstractUnivariateStatistic implements Seriali
         return result;
     }
 
-
     /**
      * Copies source to dest.
      * <p>Neither source nor dest can be null.</p>
@@ -164,84 +160,81 @@ public class SemiVariance extends AbstractUnivariateStatistic implements Seriali
         throws NullArgumentException {
         MathUtils.checkNotNull(source);
         MathUtils.checkNotNull(dest);
-        dest.setData(source.getDataRef());
         dest.biasCorrected = source.biasCorrected;
         dest.varianceDirection = source.varianceDirection;
     }
 
     /**
-      * <p>Returns the {@link SemiVariance} of the designated values against the mean, using
-      * instance properties varianceDirection and biasCorrection.</p>
+     * <p>Returns the {@link SemiVariance} of the designated values against the mean, using
+     * instance properties varianceDirection and biasCorrection.</p>
+     *
+     * <p>Returns <code>NaN</code> if the array is empty and throws
+     * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> if the array is null.</p>
+     *
+     * @param values the input array
+     * @param start index of the first array element to include
+     * @param length the number of elements to include
+     * @return the SemiVariance
+     * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException if the parameters are not valid
+     *
+     */
+     @Override
+     public double evaluate(final double[] values, final int start, final int length)
+         throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
+         double m = (new Mean()).evaluate(values, start, length);
+         return evaluate(values, m, varianceDirection, biasCorrected, 0, values.length);
+     }
+
+     /**
+      * This method calculates {@link SemiVariance} for the entire array against the mean, using
+      * the current value of the biasCorrection instance property.
+      *
+      * @param values the input array
+      * @param direction the {@link Direction} of the semivariance
+      * @return the SemiVariance
+      * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException if values is null
+      *
+      */
+     public double evaluate(final double[] values, Direction direction)
+         throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
+         double m = (new Mean()).evaluate(values);
+         return evaluate(values, m, direction, biasCorrected, 0, values.length);
+     }
+
+     /**
+      * <p>Returns the {@link SemiVariance} of the designated values against the cutoff, using
+      * instance properties variancDirection and biasCorrection.</p>
       *
       * <p>Returns <code>NaN</code> if the array is empty and throws
-      * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> if the array is null.</p>
+      * <code>MathIllegalArgumentException</code> if the array is null.</p>
       *
       * @param values the input array
-      * @param start index of the first array element to include
-      * @param length the number of elements to include
+      * @param cutoff the reference point
       * @return the SemiVariance
-      * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException if the parameters are not valid
-      *
+      * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException if values is null
       */
-      @Override
-      public double evaluate(final double[] values, final int start, final int length)
-      throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
-        double m = (new Mean()).evaluate(values, start, length);
-        return evaluate(values, m, varianceDirection, biasCorrected, 0, values.length);
-      }
-
-
-      /**
-       * This method calculates {@link SemiVariance} for the entire array against the mean, using
-       * the current value of the biasCorrection instance property.
-       *
-       * @param values the input array
-       * @param direction the {@link Direction} of the semivariance
-       * @return the SemiVariance
-       * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException if values is null
-       *
-       */
-      public double evaluate(final double[] values, Direction direction)
-      throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
-          double m = (new Mean()).evaluate(values);
-          return evaluate (values, m, direction, biasCorrected, 0, values.length);
-      }
-
-      /**
-       * <p>Returns the {@link SemiVariance} of the designated values against the cutoff, using
-       * instance properties variancDirection and biasCorrection.</p>
-       *
-       * <p>Returns <code>NaN</code> if the array is empty and throws
-       * <code>MathIllegalArgumentException</code> if the array is null.</p>
-       *
-       * @param values the input array
-       * @param cutoff the reference point
-       * @return the SemiVariance
-       * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException if values is null
-       */
-      public double evaluate(final double[] values, final double cutoff)
-      throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
-          return evaluate(values, cutoff, varianceDirection, biasCorrected, 0, values.length);
-      }
-
-      /**
-       * <p>Returns the {@link SemiVariance} of the designated values against the cutoff in the
-       * given direction, using the current value of the biasCorrection instance property.</p>
-       *
-       * <p>Returns <code>NaN</code> if the array is empty and throws
-       * <code>MathIllegalArgumentException</code> if the array is null.</p>
-       *
-       * @param values the input array
-       * @param cutoff the reference point
-       * @param direction the {@link Direction} of the semivariance
-       * @return the SemiVariance
-       * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException if values is null
-       */
-      public double evaluate(final double[] values, final double cutoff, final Direction direction)
-      throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
-          return evaluate(values, cutoff, direction, biasCorrected, 0, values.length);
-      }
+     public double evaluate(final double[] values, final double cutoff)
+         throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
+         return evaluate(values, cutoff, varianceDirection, biasCorrected, 0, values.length);
+     }
 
+     /**
+      * <p>Returns the {@link SemiVariance} of the designated values against the cutoff in the
+      * given direction, using the current value of the biasCorrection instance property.</p>
+      *
+      * <p>Returns <code>NaN</code> if the array is empty and throws
+      * <code>MathIllegalArgumentException</code> if the array is null.</p>
+      *
+      * @param values the input array
+      * @param cutoff the reference point
+      * @param direction the {@link Direction} of the semivariance
+      * @return the SemiVariance
+      * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException if values is null
+      */
+     public double evaluate(final double[] values, final double cutoff, final Direction direction)
+         throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
+         return evaluate(values, cutoff, direction, biasCorrected, 0, values.length);
+     }
 
      /**
       * <p>Returns the {@link SemiVariance} of the designated values against the cutoff
@@ -260,110 +253,111 @@ public class SemiVariance extends AbstractUnivariateStatistic implements Seriali
       * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException if the parameters are not valid
       *
       */
-    public double evaluate (final double[] values, final double cutoff, final Direction direction,
-            final boolean corrected, final int start, final int length) throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
-
-        test(values, start, length);
-        if (values.length == 0) {
-            return Double.NaN;
-        } else {
-            if (values.length == 1) {
-                return 0.0;
-            } else {
-                final boolean booleanDirection = direction.getDirection();
-
-                double dev = 0.0;
-                double sumsq = 0.0;
-                for (int i = start; i < length; i++) {
-                    if ((values[i] > cutoff) == booleanDirection) {
-                       dev = values[i] - cutoff;
-                       sumsq += dev * dev;
-                    }
-                }
-
-                if (corrected) {
-                    return sumsq / (length - 1.0);
-                } else {
-                    return sumsq / length;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
+     public double evaluate (final double[] values, final double cutoff, final Direction direction,
+                             final boolean corrected, final int start, final int length)
+         throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
+
+         MathArrays.verifyValues(values, start, length);
+         if (values.length == 0) {
+             return Double.NaN;
+         } else {
+             if (values.length == 1) {
+                 return 0.0;
+             } else {
+                 final boolean booleanDirection = direction.getDirection();
+
+                 double dev = 0.0;
+                 double sumsq = 0.0;
+                 for (int i = start; i < length; i++) {
+                     if ((values[i] > cutoff) == booleanDirection) {
+                         dev = values[i] - cutoff;
+                         sumsq += dev * dev;
+                     }
+                 }
+
+                 if (corrected) {
+                     return sumsq / (length - 1.0);
+                 } else {
+                     return sumsq / length;
+                 }
+             }
+         }
+     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns true iff biasCorrected property is set to true.
-     *
-     * @return the value of biasCorrected.
-     */
-    public boolean isBiasCorrected() {
-        return biasCorrected;
-    }
+     /**
+      * Returns true iff biasCorrected property is set to true.
+      *
+      * @return the value of biasCorrected.
+      */
+     public boolean isBiasCorrected() {
+         return biasCorrected;
+     }
 
-    /**
-     * Sets the biasCorrected property.
-     *
-     * @param biasCorrected new biasCorrected property value
-     */
-    public void setBiasCorrected(boolean biasCorrected) {
-        this.biasCorrected = biasCorrected;
-    }
+     /**
+      * Sets the biasCorrected property.
+      *
+      * @param biasCorrected new biasCorrected property value
+      */
+     public void setBiasCorrected(boolean biasCorrected) {
+         this.biasCorrected = biasCorrected;
+     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the varianceDirection property.
-     *
-     * @return the varianceDirection
-     */
-    public Direction getVarianceDirection () {
-        return varianceDirection;
-    }
+     /**
+      * Returns the varianceDirection property.
+      *
+      * @return the varianceDirection
+      */
+     public Direction getVarianceDirection () {
+         return varianceDirection;
+     }
 
-    /**
-     * Sets the variance direction
-     *
-     * @param varianceDirection the direction of the semivariance
-     */
-    public void setVarianceDirection(Direction varianceDirection) {
-        this.varianceDirection = varianceDirection;
-    }
+     /**
+      * Sets the variance direction
+      *
+      * @param varianceDirection the direction of the semivariance
+      */
+     public void setVarianceDirection(Direction varianceDirection) {
+         this.varianceDirection = varianceDirection;
+     }
 
-    /**
-     * The direction of the semivariance - either upside or downside. The direction
-     * is represented by boolean, with true corresponding to UPSIDE semivariance.
-     */
-    public enum Direction {
-        /**
-         * The UPSIDE Direction is used to specify that the observations above the
-         * cutoff point will be used to calculate SemiVariance
-         */
-        UPSIDE (true),
-
-        /**
-         * The DOWNSIDE Direction is used to specify that the observations below
-         * the cutoff point will be used to calculate SemiVariance
-         */
-        DOWNSIDE (false);
-
-        /**
-         *   boolean value  UPSIDE <-> true
-         */
-        private boolean direction;
-
-        /**
-         * Create a Direction with the given value.
-         *
-         * @param b boolean value representing the Direction. True corresponds to UPSIDE.
-         */
-        Direction (boolean b) {
-            direction = b;
-        }
-
-        /**
-         * Returns the value of this Direction. True corresponds to UPSIDE.
-         *
-         * @return true if direction is UPSIDE; false otherwise
-         */
-        boolean getDirection () {
-            return direction;
-        }
-    }
+     /**
+      * The direction of the semivariance - either upside or downside. The direction
+      * is represented by boolean, with true corresponding to UPSIDE semivariance.
+      */
+     public enum Direction {
+         /**
+          * The UPSIDE Direction is used to specify that the observations above the
+          * cutoff point will be used to calculate SemiVariance
+          */
+         UPSIDE (true),
+
+         /**
+          * The DOWNSIDE Direction is used to specify that the observations below
+          * the cutoff point will be used to calculate SemiVariance
+          */
+         DOWNSIDE (false);
+
+         /**
+          * boolean value  UPSIDE <-> true
+          */
+         private boolean direction;
+
+         /**
+          * Create a Direction with the given value.
+          *
+          * @param b boolean value representing the Direction. True corresponds to UPSIDE.
+          */
+         Direction (boolean b) {
+             direction = b;
+         }
+
+         /**
+          * Returns the value of this Direction. True corresponds to UPSIDE.
+          *
+          * @return true if direction is UPSIDE; false otherwise
+          */
+         boolean getDirection () {
+             return direction;
+         }
+     }
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-math/blob/845e1d54/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/Skewness.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/Skewness.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/Skewness.java
index 3b488c9..8dca668 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/Skewness.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/Skewness.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.math4.exception.MathIllegalArgumentException;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.exception.NullArgumentException;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.stat.descriptive.AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.util.FastMath;
+import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathArrays;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -38,12 +39,11 @@ import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathUtils;
  * multiple threads access an instance of this class concurrently, and at least
  * one of the threads invokes the <code>increment()</code> or
  * <code>clear()</code> method, it must be synchronized externally. </p>
- *
  */
 public class Skewness extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Serializable {
 
     /** Serializable version identifier */
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 7101857578996691352L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 20150412L;
 
     /** Third moment on which this statistic is based */
     protected ThirdMoment moment = null;
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class Skewness extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Se
     protected boolean incMoment;
 
     /**
-     * Constructs a Skewness
+     * Constructs a Skewness.
      */
     public Skewness() {
         incMoment = true;
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class Skewness extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Se
     }
 
     /**
-     * Constructs a Skewness with an external moment
+     * Constructs a Skewness with an external moment.
      * @param m3 external moment
      */
     public Skewness(final ThirdMoment m3) {
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class Skewness extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Se
 
     /**
      * Copy constructor, creates a new {@code Skewness} identical
-     * to the {@code original}
+     * to the {@code original}.
      *
      * @param original the {@code Skewness} instance to copy
      * @throws NullArgumentException if original is null
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public class Skewness extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Se
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the Skewness of the entries in the specifed portion of the
+     * Returns the Skewness of the entries in the specified portion of the
      * input array.
      * <p>
      * See {@link Skewness} for the definition used in the computation.</p>
@@ -149,19 +149,18 @@ public class Skewness extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Se
      * @param values the input array
      * @param begin the index of the first array element to include
      * @param length the number of elements to include
-     * @return the skewness of the values or Double.NaN if length is less than
-     * 3
+     * @return the skewness of the values or Double.NaN if length is less than 3
      * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException if the array is null or the array index
      *  parameters are not valid
      */
     @Override
-    public double evaluate(final double[] values,final int begin,
-            final int length) throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
+    public double evaluate(final double[] values,final int begin, final int length)
+        throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
 
         // Initialize the skewness
         double skew = Double.NaN;
 
-        if (test(values, begin, length) && length > 2 ){
+        if (MathArrays.verifyValues(values, begin, length) && length > 2 ) {
             Mean mean = new Mean();
             // Get the mean and the standard deviation
             double m = mean.evaluate(values, begin, length);
@@ -217,7 +216,6 @@ public class Skewness extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Se
         throws NullArgumentException {
         MathUtils.checkNotNull(source);
         MathUtils.checkNotNull(dest);
-        dest.setData(source.getDataRef());
         dest.moment = new ThirdMoment(source.moment.copy());
         dest.incMoment = source.incMoment;
     }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-math/blob/845e1d54/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/StandardDeviation.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/StandardDeviation.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/StandardDeviation.java
index 0d86be2..d2f5e8b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/StandardDeviation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/StandardDeviation.java
@@ -38,13 +38,12 @@ import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathUtils;
  * multiple threads access an instance of this class concurrently, and at least
  * one of the threads invokes the <code>increment()</code> or
  * <code>clear()</code> method, it must be synchronized externally.</p>
- *
  */
 public class StandardDeviation extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
     implements Serializable {
 
     /** Serializable version identifier */
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 5728716329662425188L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 20150412L;
 
     /** Wrapped Variance instance */
     private Variance variance = null;
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ public class StandardDeviation extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
 
     /**
      * Copy constructor, creates a new {@code StandardDeviation} identical
-     * to the {@code original}
+     * to the {@code original}.
      *
      * @param original the {@code StandardDeviation} instance to copy
      * @throws NullArgumentException if original is null
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ public class StandardDeviation extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
     }
 
     /**
-     * Contructs a StandardDeviation with the specified value for the
+     * Constructs a StandardDeviation with the specified value for the
      * <code>isBiasCorrected</code> property.  If this property is set to
      * <code>true</code>, the {@link Variance} used in computing results will
      * use the bias-corrected, or "sample" formula.  See {@link Variance} for
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ public class StandardDeviation extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
     }
 
     /**
-     * Contructs a StandardDeviation with the specified value for the
+     * Constructs a StandardDeviation with the specified value for the
      * <code>isBiasCorrected</code> property and the supplied external moment.
      * If <code>isBiasCorrected</code> is set to <code>true</code>, the
      * {@link Variance} used in computing results will use the bias-corrected,
@@ -177,8 +176,8 @@ public class StandardDeviation extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
      */
     @Override
     public double evaluate(final double[] values, final int begin, final int length)
-    throws MathIllegalArgumentException  {
-       return FastMath.sqrt(variance.evaluate(values, begin, length));
+        throws MathIllegalArgumentException  {
+        return FastMath.sqrt(variance.evaluate(values, begin, length));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -206,7 +205,7 @@ public class StandardDeviation extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
      *  parameters are not valid
      */
     public double evaluate(final double[] values, final double mean,
-            final int begin, final int length) throws MathIllegalArgumentException  {
+                           final int begin, final int length) throws MathIllegalArgumentException  {
         return FastMath.sqrt(variance.evaluate(values, mean, begin, length));
     }
 
@@ -232,7 +231,7 @@ public class StandardDeviation extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
      * @throws MathIllegalArgumentException if the array is null
      */
     public double evaluate(final double[] values, final double mean)
-    throws MathIllegalArgumentException  {
+        throws MathIllegalArgumentException  {
         return FastMath.sqrt(variance.evaluate(values, mean));
     }
 
@@ -261,7 +260,6 @@ public class StandardDeviation extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
         return result;
     }
 
-
     /**
      * Copies source to dest.
      * <p>Neither source nor dest can be null.</p>
@@ -270,11 +268,9 @@ public class StandardDeviation extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic
      * @param dest StandardDeviation to copy to
      * @throws NullArgumentException if either source or dest is null
      */
-    public static void copy(StandardDeviation source, StandardDeviation dest)
-        throws NullArgumentException {
+    public static void copy(StandardDeviation source, StandardDeviation dest) throws NullArgumentException {
         MathUtils.checkNotNull(source);
         MathUtils.checkNotNull(dest);
-        dest.setData(source.getDataRef());
         dest.variance = source.variance.copy();
     }
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-math/blob/845e1d54/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/ThirdMoment.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/ThirdMoment.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/ThirdMoment.java
index ba74055..b26b77f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/ThirdMoment.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/ThirdMoment.java
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathUtils;
 class ThirdMoment extends SecondMoment implements Serializable {
 
     /** Serializable version identifier */
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = -7818711964045118679L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 20150412L;
 
     /** third moment of values that have been added */
     protected double m3;
 
-     /**
+    /**
      * Square of deviation of most recently added value from previous first
      * moment, normalized by previous sample size.  Retained to prevent
      * repeated computation in higher order moments.  nDevSq = nDev * nDev.
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class ThirdMoment extends SecondMoment implements Serializable {
     protected double nDevSq;
 
     /**
-     * Create a FourthMoment instance
+     * Create a FourthMoment instance.
      */
     public ThirdMoment() {
         super();
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ class ThirdMoment extends SecondMoment implements Serializable {
 
     /**
      * Copy constructor, creates a new {@code ThirdMoment} identical
-     * to the {@code original}
+     * to the {@code original}.
      *
      * @param original the {@code ThirdMoment} instance to copy
-     * @throws NullArgumentException if orginal is null
+     * @throws NullArgumentException if original is null
      */
     public ThirdMoment(ThirdMoment original) throws NullArgumentException {
         copy(original, this);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-math/blob/845e1d54/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/Variance.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/Variance.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/Variance.java
index c7602ae..d88f952 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/Variance.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/moment/Variance.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.math4.exception.NullArgumentException;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.exception.util.LocalizedFormats;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.stat.descriptive.AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.stat.descriptive.WeightedEvaluation;
+import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathArrays;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -64,12 +65,11 @@ import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathUtils;
  * multiple threads access an instance of this class concurrently, and at least
  * one of the threads invokes the <code>increment()</code> or
  * <code>clear()</code> method, it must be synchronized externally.</p>
- *
  */
 public class Variance extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Serializable, WeightedEvaluation {
 
     /** Serializable version identifier */
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = -9111962718267217978L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 20150412L;
 
     /** SecondMoment is used in incremental calculation of Variance*/
     protected SecondMoment moment = null;
@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ public class Variance extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Se
 
     /**
      * Constructs a Variance based on an external second moment.
+     * <p>
      * When this constructor is used, the statistic may only be
      * incremented via the moment, i.e., {@link #increment(double)}
      * does nothing; whereas {@code m2.increment(value)} increments
      * both {@code m2} and the Variance instance constructed from it.
      *
-     * @param m2 the SecondMoment (Third or Fourth moments work
-     * here as well.)
+     * @param m2 the SecondMoment (Third or Fourth moments work here as well.)
      */
     public Variance(final SecondMoment m2) {
         incMoment = false;
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public class Variance extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Se
 
     /**
      * Constructs a Variance with the specified <code>isBiasCorrected</code>
-     * property
+     * property.
      *
      * @param isBiasCorrected  setting for bias correction - true means
      * bias will be corrected and is equivalent to using the argumentless
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public class Variance extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Se
 
     /**
      * Copy constructor, creates a new {@code Variance} identical
-     * to the {@code original}
+     * to the {@code original}.
      *
      * @param original the {@code Variance} instance to copy
      * @throws NullArgumentException if original is null
@@ -177,17 +177,17 @@ public class Variance extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Se
      */
     @Override
     public double getResult() {
-            if (moment.n == 0) {
-                return Double.NaN;
-            } else if (moment.n == 1) {
-                return 0d;
+        if (moment.n == 0) {
+            return Double.NaN;
+        } else if (moment.n == 1) {
+            return 0d;
+        } else {
+            if (isBiasCorrected) {
+                return moment.m2 / (moment.n - 1d);
             } else {
-                if (isBiasCorrected) {
-                    return moment.m2 / (moment.n - 1d);
-                } else {
-                    return moment.m2 / (moment.n);
-                }
+                return moment.m2 / (moment.n);
             }
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -255,12 +255,11 @@ public class Variance extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Se
      */
     @Override
     public double evaluate(final double[] values, final int begin, final int length)
-    throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
+        throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
 
         double var = Double.NaN;
 
-        if (test(values, begin, length)) {
-            clear();
+        if (MathArrays.verifyValues(values, begin, length)) {
             if (length == 1) {
                 var = 0.0;
             } else if (length > 1) {
@@ -320,8 +319,7 @@ public class Variance extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Se
 
         double var = Double.NaN;
 
-        if (test(values, weights,begin, length)) {
-            clear();
+        if (MathArrays.verifyValues(values, weights,begin, length)) {
             if (length == 1) {
                 var = 0.0;
             } else if (length > 1) {
@@ -373,7 +371,7 @@ public class Variance extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Se
      */
     @Override
     public double evaluate(final double[] values, final double[] weights)
-    throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
+        throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
         return evaluate(values, weights, 0, values.length);
     }
 
@@ -404,11 +402,11 @@ public class Variance extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Se
      *  parameters are not valid
      */
     public double evaluate(final double[] values, final double mean,
-            final int begin, final int length) throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
+                           final int begin, final int length) throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
 
         double var = Double.NaN;
 
-        if (test(values, begin, length)) {
+        if (MathArrays.verifyValues(values, begin, length)) {
             if (length == 1) {
                 var = 0.0;
             } else if (length > 1) {
@@ -506,12 +504,12 @@ public class Variance extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Se
      * @since 2.1
      */
     public double evaluate(final double[] values, final double[] weights,
-    final double mean, final int begin, final int length)
-    throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
+                           final double mean, final int begin, final int length)
+        throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
 
         double var = Double.NaN;
 
-        if (test(values, weights, begin, length)) {
+        if (MathArrays.verifyValues(values, weights, begin, length)) {
             if (length == 1) {
                 var = 0.0;
             } else if (length > 1) {
@@ -581,7 +579,7 @@ public class Variance extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Se
      * @since 2.1
      */
     public double evaluate(final double[] values, final double[] weights, final double mean)
-    throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
+        throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
         return evaluate(values, weights, mean, 0, values.length);
     }
 
@@ -622,7 +620,6 @@ public class Variance extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Se
         throws NullArgumentException {
         MathUtils.checkNotNull(source);
         MathUtils.checkNotNull(dest);
-        dest.setData(source.getDataRef());
         dest.moment = source.moment.copy();
         dest.isBiasCorrected = source.isBiasCorrected;
         dest.incMoment = source.incMoment;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-math/blob/845e1d54/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/rank/Max.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/rank/Max.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/rank/Max.java
index 60efe1b..502d2d4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/rank/Max.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/rank/Max.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.io.Serializable;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.exception.MathIllegalArgumentException;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.exception.NullArgumentException;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.stat.descriptive.AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic;
+import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathArrays;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -37,12 +38,11 @@ import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathUtils;
  * multiple threads access an instance of this class concurrently, and at least
  * one of the threads invokes the <code>increment()</code> or
  * <code>clear()</code> method, it must be synchronized externally.</p>
- *
  */
 public class Max extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Serializable {
 
     /** Serializable version identifier */
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = -5593383832225844641L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 20150412L;
 
     /** Number of values that have been added */
     private long n;
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class Max extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Seriali
     private double value;
 
     /**
-     * Create a Max instance
+     * Create a Max instance.
      */
     public Max() {
         n = 0;
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class Max extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Seriali
 
     /**
      * Copy constructor, creates a new {@code Max} identical
-     * to the {@code original}
+     * to the {@code original}.
      *
      * @param original the {@code Max} instance to copy
      * @throws NullArgumentException if original is null
@@ -129,9 +129,10 @@ public class Max extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Seriali
      */
     @Override
     public double evaluate(final double[] values, final int begin, final int length)
-    throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
+        throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
+
         double max = Double.NaN;
-        if (test(values, begin, length)) {
+        if (MathArrays.verifyValues(values, begin, length)) {
             max = values[begin];
             for (int i = begin; i < begin + length; i++) {
                 if (!Double.isNaN(values[i])) {
@@ -165,7 +166,6 @@ public class Max extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Seriali
         throws NullArgumentException {
         MathUtils.checkNotNull(source);
         MathUtils.checkNotNull(dest);
-        dest.setData(source.getDataRef());
         dest.n = source.n;
         dest.value = source.value;
     }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-math/blob/845e1d54/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/rank/Median.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/rank/Median.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/rank/Median.java
index 4aa10bf..d2a62cc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/rank/Median.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/rank/Median.java
@@ -32,12 +32,11 @@ import org.apache.commons.math4.util.KthSelector;
  * multiple threads access an instance of this class concurrently, and at least
  * one of the threads invokes the <code>increment()</code> or
  * <code>clear()</code> method, it must be synchronized externally.</p>
- *
  */
 public class Median extends Percentile implements Serializable {
 
     /** Serializable version identifier */
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = -3961477041290915687L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 20150412L;
 
     /** Fixed quantile. */
     private static final double FIXED_QUANTILE_50 = 50.0;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-math/blob/845e1d54/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/rank/Min.java
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/rank/Min.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/rank/Min.java
index 0152e48..72eaef4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/rank/Min.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math4/stat/descriptive/rank/Min.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.io.Serializable;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.exception.MathIllegalArgumentException;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.exception.NullArgumentException;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.stat.descriptive.AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic;
+import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathArrays;
 import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -37,12 +38,11 @@ import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathUtils;
  * multiple threads access an instance of this class concurrently, and at least
  * one of the threads invokes the <code>increment()</code> or
  * <code>clear()</code> method, it must be synchronized externally.</p>
- *
  */
 public class Min extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Serializable {
 
     /** Serializable version identifier */
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = -2941995784909003131L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 20150412L;
 
     /**Number of values that have been added */
     private long n;
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class Min extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Seriali
     private double value;
 
     /**
-     * Create a Min instance
+     * Create a Min instance.
      */
     public Min() {
         n = 0;
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class Min extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Seriali
 
     /**
      * Copy constructor, creates a new {@code Min} identical
-     * to the {@code original}
+     * to the {@code original}.
      *
      * @param original the {@code Min} instance to copy
      * @throws NullArgumentException if original is null
@@ -129,9 +129,10 @@ public class Min extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Seriali
      */
     @Override
     public double evaluate(final double[] values,final int begin, final int length)
-    throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
+        throws MathIllegalArgumentException {
+
         double min = Double.NaN;
-        if (test(values, begin, length)) {
+        if (MathArrays.verifyValues(values, begin, length)) {
             min = values[begin];
             for (int i = begin; i < begin + length; i++) {
                 if (!Double.isNaN(values[i])) {
@@ -165,7 +166,6 @@ public class Min extends AbstractStorelessUnivariateStatistic implements Seriali
         throws NullArgumentException {
         MathUtils.checkNotNull(source);
         MathUtils.checkNotNull(dest);
-        dest.setData(source.getDataRef());
         dest.n = source.n;
         dest.value = source.value;
     }