[SciPy-User] fisherexact.py returns None

[josef.pktd at gmail.com]

On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Pete Shepard <peter.shepard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using a fisher exact test I got from
> http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/attachment/ticket/956/fisher.py. This
> program takes in two tuples and returns an odds ratio and a  p-value. Most
> tuples are handled nicely by the script but certain tuples eg "[[6, 1], [1,
> 6]]" return "None". I am wondering if anyone knows why this is true?

I get this, with and without the patch of thomas in the comments

>>> fisherExact([[6, 1], [1, 6]])
(36.0, 0.029137529137528768)

Do you have an exact example? Which version of numpy and scipy?
Looking at the code, I don't see any reason why it should return None.

Josef
>
> TIA
>
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