satlas.utilities.utilities.poisson_interval

satlas.utilities.utilities.poisson_interval(data, alpha=0.32)

Calculates the confidence interval for the mean of a Poisson distribution.

Parameters:

• data (array_like) – Data giving the mean of the Poisson distributions.
• alpha (float) – Significance level of interval. Defaults to one sigma (0.32).

Returns:

low, high – Lower and higher limits for the interval.

Return type:

array_like