[Rd] poisson.test from stats package does not pass the conf.level (PR#14195)

Peter Dalgaard p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk
Wed Jan 27 23:45:12 CET 2010


mfay at niaid.nih.gov wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The poisson.test function from stats package does not pass the conf.level p=
> arameter for the two-sample test. Here is an example:
> 
> poisson.test(c(2,4),c(20,14),conf.level=3D.95)$conf.int
> poisson.test(c(2,4),c(20,14),conf.level=3D.9)$conf.int
> 
> 
> Here is the solution, change:
> 
>         RVAL <- binom.test(x, sum(x), r * T[1]/(r * T[1] + T[2]),
>             alternative =3D alternative)
> 
> to:
> 
>         RVAL <- binom.test(x, sum(x), r * T[1]/(r * T[1] + T[2]),
>             alternative =3D alternative, conf.level=3Dconf.level)


Now fixed in 2.10.1 patched and R-devel. Thanks.

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