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017package org.apache.commons.math4.legacy.stat.interval;
018
019import org.apache.commons.statistics.distribution.NormalDistribution;
020import org.apache.commons.math4.core.jdkmath.JdkMath;
021
022/**
023 * Implements the Agresti-Coull method for creating a binomial proportion confidence interval.
024 *
025 * @see <a
026 *      href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_proportion_confidence_interval#Agresti-Coull_Interval">
027 *      Agresti-Coull interval (Wikipedia)</a>
028 * @since 3.3
029 */
030public class AgrestiCoullInterval implements BinomialConfidenceInterval {
031
032    /** {@inheritDoc} */
033    @Override
034    public ConfidenceInterval createInterval(int numberOfTrials, int numberOfSuccesses, double confidenceLevel) {
035        IntervalUtils.checkParameters(numberOfTrials, numberOfSuccesses, confidenceLevel);
036        final double alpha = (1.0 - confidenceLevel) / 2;
037        final NormalDistribution normalDistribution = NormalDistribution.of(0, 1);
038        final double z = normalDistribution.inverseSurvivalProbability(alpha);
039        final double zSquared = JdkMath.pow(z, 2);
040        final double modifiedNumberOfTrials = numberOfTrials + zSquared;
041        final double modifiedSuccessesRatio = (1.0 / modifiedNumberOfTrials) * (numberOfSuccesses + 0.5 * zSquared);
042        final double difference = z *
043                                  JdkMath.sqrt(1.0 / modifiedNumberOfTrials * modifiedSuccessesRatio *
044                                                (1 - modifiedSuccessesRatio));
045        return new ConfidenceInterval(modifiedSuccessesRatio - difference, modifiedSuccessesRatio + difference,
046                                      confidenceLevel);
047    }
048}