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+import unittest
+import numpy as np
+
+from helper import fixture_file
+from crankshaft.regression import GWR
+from crankshaft.analysis_data_provider import AnalysisDataProvider
+
+from crankshaft import random_seeds
+import json
+
+
+class FakeDataProvider(AnalysisDataProvider):
+    def __init__(self, mocked_result):
+        self.mocked_result = mocked_result
+
+    def get_gwr(self, params):
+        return self.mocked_result
+
+
+class GWRTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Testing class for geographically weighted regression (gwr)"""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        """
+            fixture packed from canonical GWR georgia dataset using the
+            following query:
+                SELECT array_agg(ST_X(ST_Centroid(the_geom))) As x,
+                       array_agg(ST_Y(ST_Centroid(the_geom))) As y,
+                       array_agg(pctbach) As dep_var,
+                       array_agg(pctpov) As attr1,
+                       array_agg(pcteld) As attr2,
+                       array_agg(pctrural) As attr3,
+                       array_agg(pctfb) As attr4,
+                       array_agg(pctblack) As attr5,
+                       array_agg(cartodb_id) As rowid
+                FROM g_utm
+                WHERE pctbach is not NULL AND
+                      pctpov IS NOT NULL AND
+                      pcteld IS NOT NULL AND
+                      pctrural IS NOT NULL AND
+                      pctfb IS NOT NULL AND
+                      pctblack IS NOT NULL
+        """
+        self.data = json.loads(
+              open(fixture_file('gwr_packed_data.json')).read())
+        self.knowns = json.loads(
+              open(fixture_file('gwr_packed_knowns.json')).read())
+        self.params = {'subquery': 'select * from table',
+                       'dep_var': 'pctbach',
+                       'ind_vars': ['pctpov', 'pcteld', 'pctrural', 'pctfb',
+                                    'pctblack'],
+                       'bw': 90.000,
+                       'fixed': False}
+
+    def test_gwr(self):
+        """
+        """
+
+        gwr = GWR(FakeDataProvider(self.data))
+        gwr_resp = gwr.gwr(self.params['subquery'], self.params['dep_var'],
+                           self.params['ind_vars'], bw=self.params['bw'],
+                           fixed=self.params['fixed'])
+
+        # unpack response
+        coeffs, stand_errs, t_vals, predicteds, residuals, r_squareds, bws, rowids = zip(*gwr_resp)
+
+        # known_coeffs = self.knowns['coeffs']
+        pctpov_coeff = self.knowns['est_pctpov']
+        pctpov_se = self.knowns['se_pctpov']
+        ids = self.knowns['area_key']
+        resp_idx = None
+
+        print sorted(pctpov_coeff[:10])
+        print sorted(
+                [json.loads(coeffs[i])['pctpov']
+                 for i in xrange(len(coeffs))][:10])
+
+        for idx, val in enumerate(pctpov_coeff):
+            print idx, val, ids[idx], rowids[rowids.index(ids[idx])]
+            resp_idx = rowids.index(ids[idx])
+            if resp_idx is None:
+                print('missed lookup on {0}'.format(ids[idx]))
+            print('comparison: %f, %f' % (val, json.loads(coeffs[resp_idx])['pctpov']))
+            # print('comparison: %f, %f' % (pctpov_se[idx], ))
+            # self.assertAlmostEquals(val, coeffs[resp_idx])
+
+        assert False
+
+        # labels = [a[1] for a in clusters]
+        # c1 = [a for a in clusters if a[1] == 0]
+        # c2 = [a for a in clusters if a[1] == 1]
+        #
+        # self.assertEqual(len(np.unique(labels)), 2)
+        # self.assertEqual(len(c1), 20)
+        # self.assertEqual(len(c2), 20)