TESTING.md

Testing scikit-covtest

This document provides instructions on how to run tests for scikit-covtest.

Prerequisites

Ensure you have the development dependencies installed. You can install them using pip:

pip install -r requirements.txt
pip install pytest

Running Tests

We use pytest for testing. To run all tests, simply execute:

pytest

Running Specific Tests

To run tests for a specific module, pass the file path to pytest:

pytest tests/test_methods_identity.py

To run a specific test case:

pytest tests/test_methods_identity.py::test_fisher_identity_output

Test Structure

The tests are located in the tests/ directory:

• test_methods_identity.py: Tests for one-sample identity tests.
• test_methods_spherical.py: Tests for one-sample sphericity tests.
• test_methods_two_sample.py: Tests for two-sample equality tests.
• test_methods_proportionality.py: Tests for multi-sample proportionality tests.
• test_generate_data.py: Tests for data generation utilities.

Continuous Integration

Tests are automatically run on GitHub Actions for every push and pull request.