tools/chi-helper.py

#!/usr/bin/python3
from scipy import misc
from scipy import stats
import sys
from locale import atof

# this is a silly program
# it is originally from  https://moonbooks.org/Articles/How-to-create-a-Chi-square-table-using-python-/
# but the thing is....it.'s from the era where we still used human beings to lookup in tables like this
# what you *really* want is to query this somehow
#
# Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. 
# CC Ben, the Founder of moonbooks.org
 
# https://realpython.com/python-command-line-arguments/
PValueList = [atof(sys.argv[1]),atof(sys.argv[2])]

global pvalue, dfreedom

def newtons_method(f, x, tolerance=0.000001):
    if tolerance == 0.0:
        print( "no difference" )
    while True:
        x1 = x - f(x) / misc.derivative(f, x)
        t = abs(x1 - x)
        if t < tolerance:
            break
        x = x1
    return x

def f(x):
    return 1 - stats.chi2.cdf(x, dfreedom) - pvalue

print(  'df\p' , ' |\t ', PValueList[0], ' |\t ', PValueList[1] )

for i in range(1,2):
    dfreedom = i
    Result = []
    for pvalue in PValueList:
        x0 = dfreedom  # x0 approximation
        x = newtons_method(f, x0)
        Result.append(x)
    for i in range( 2):
        Result[i] = round(Result[i],3)
    print( dfreedom, ' |\t ', Result[0], ' |\t ', Result[1] )