PHStatsMethods

This is a Python package to support analysts in the execution of statistical methods approved for use in the production of Public Health indicators such as those presented via Fingertips. It provides functions for the generation of Proportions, Rates, DSRs, ISRs, Funnel plots and Means including confidence intervals for these statistics, and a function for assigning data to quantiles.

Any feedback would be appreciated and can be provided using the Issues section of the PHStatsMethods GitHub repository.

Installation

This packaged should be installed using pip:

pip install PHStatsMethods

Or it can be compiled from source (still requires pip):

pip install git+https://github.com/DataS-DHSC/PHStatsMethods.git

Usage

PH_statistical_methods should be imported and used in line with standard python conventions. It is suggested that if the whole package is to be imported then the following convention is used:

import PHStatsMethods

For more information on any function, you can use:

help(PHStatsMethods.function)

Licence

This project is released under the GPL-3 licence.