Statistical comparison of power spectra: a computer program

A general computer program, of interest to neurobiologists, for comparison of uncorrelated power spectra is presented. The program, ALPHAF, is written in Fortran V language and is easily compiled and executed in any computer with a Fortran software package. The purpose of the program is to read power spectral density (PSD) values into a computer from digital tape and then perform the following functions: (1) compute and report power; (2) compute and report averages of the computed power values over selected frequency bands and (3) compute and report statistical standardised normal distributions for a frequency spectrum of interest. The standardised normal distribution statistic is derived by using equation 7.20, page 250 of Random data: Analysis and measurement procedures (Bendat and Piersol, 1971).