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+
+using Statistics
+using Flux
+using Test
+
+#initial x value
+# x = randn32(1000,1);
+# x = [1,2,3,4,5]
+
+# Mean
+# E(xd + alpha(1-d)) = qu + (1-q)alpha
+a_ = -1.7580993408473766
+d = 0.2
+q = 0.2
+u = mean(x)  
+
+function mean_test(x)
+    # LHS
+    mean_left = (x*d) .+ (a_*(1-d))
+    mean_left = mean(mean_left)
+    # println(mean_left)
+
+    # RHS
+    mean_right = (q*u) .+ ((1-q)*a_)
+    # println(mean_right)
+    @test isapprox(mean_left, mean_right, atol=0.2)
+end
+
+x = randn(2000,1);
+@testset "Alphadropout Tests" begin
+    mean_test(x);
+end
+
+
+# Variance
+# Var(xd + alpha(1-d)) = q((1-q)(alpha-u)^2 + v)
+# v = var(x)
+
+# var_left = (x*d) .+ a_*(1-d)
+# var_left = var(var_left)
+
+# var_right = q*((1-q)*(a_-u).^2 + v)
+
+# @test isapprox(var_left, var_right, atol=0.1)