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Compute two-sided binomial confidence interval in Python. Based on R's binom.test.
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binom_interval.py
from scipy.stats import beta
def binom_interval(success, total, confint=0.95):
quantile = (1 - confint) / 2.
lower = beta.ppf(quantile, success, total - success + 1)
upper = beta.ppf(1 - quantile, success + 1, total - success)
return (lower, upper)
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