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Results Structure Reference

When running results = HERA.run_ranking(...), the returned structure contains:

Field Dimensions Description
Final Results
final_rank [N x 1] Final rank for each dataset (1 = Best).
final_order [1 x N] Indices of datasets sorted by rank.
final_bootstrap_ranks [N x B] Bootstrapped rank distribution for stability analysis.
ci_lower_rank [N x 1] Lower bound of Rank Confidence Interval.
ci_upper_rank [N x 1] Upper bound of Rank Confidence Interval.
thresholds struct Thresholds for Cliff's Delta and RelDiff.
Statistics
d_vals_all [Pairs x M] Cliff's Delta effect sizes for all pairs/metrics.
rel_vals_all [Pairs x M] Relative Mean Differences.
ci_d_all [Pairs x 2 x M] BCa Confidence Intervals for Delta.
ci_r_all [Pairs x 2 x M] BCa Confidence Intervals for RelDiff.
all_p_value_matrices {1 x M} Cell array of raw p-values (Wilcoxon).
all_alpha_matrices {1 x M} Cell array of Holm-Bonferroni corrected alphas.
all_sig_matrices {1 x M} Logical matrices indicating significant wins.
Diagnostics
swap_details struct Log of logic-based rank swaps (M1 vs M2).
intermediate_orders struct Rankings after each hierarchical stage.
borda_results struct Consensus ranking from sensitivity analysis.
power_results struct Post-hoc power analysis data.
all_permutation_ranks [N x Perms] Ranks for every metric permutation tested.
selected_permutations [Perms x M] Indices of metrics for each permutation.