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-rw-r--r--lib/confidence_intervals.rb31
-rw-r--r--lib/configuration.rb2
-rw-r--r--lib/tasks/stats.rake21
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diff --git a/lib/confidence_intervals.rb b/lib/confidence_intervals.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9fe38045a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/confidence_intervals.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Calculate the confidence interval for a samples from a binonial
+# distribution using Wilson's score interval. For more theoretical
+# details, please see:
+#
+# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_proportion_confidence_interval#Wilson%20score%20interval
+#
+# This is a variant of the function suggested here:
+#
+# http://www.evanmiller.org/how-not-to-sort-by-average-rating.html
+#
+# total: the total number of observations
+# successes: the subset of those observations that were "successes"
+# power: for a 95% confidence interval, this should be 0.05
+#
+# The naive proportion is (successes / total). This returns an array
+# with the proportions that represent the lower and higher confidence
+# intervals around that.
+
+require 'statistics2'
+
+def ci_bounds(successes, total, power)
+ if total == 0
+ raise RuntimeError, "Can't calculate the CI for 0 observations"
+ end
+ z = Statistics2.pnormaldist(1 - power/2)
+ phat = successes.to_f/total
+ offset = z*Math.sqrt((phat*(1 - phat) + z*z/(4*total))/total)
+ denominator = 1 + z*z/total
+ return [(phat + z*z/(2*total) - offset)/denominator,
+ (phat + z*z/(2*total) + offset)/denominator]
+end
diff --git a/lib/configuration.rb b/lib/configuration.rb
index 03c4ac616..d6fd8765f 100644
--- a/lib/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/configuration.rb
@@ -43,10 +43,12 @@ module AlaveteliConfiguration
:INCOMING_EMAIL_PREFIX => '',
:INCOMING_EMAIL_SECRET => 'dummysecret',
:ISO_COUNTRY_CODE => 'GB',
+ :MINIMUM_REQUESTS_FOR_STATISTICS => 100,
:MAX_REQUESTS_PER_USER_PER_DAY => '',
:MTA_LOG_TYPE => 'exim',
:NEW_RESPONSE_REMINDER_AFTER_DAYS => [3, 10, 24],
:OVERRIDE_ALL_PUBLIC_BODY_REQUEST_EMAILS => '',
+ :PUBLIC_BODY_STATISTICS_PAGE => false,
:RAW_EMAILS_LOCATION => 'files/raw_emails',
:READ_ONLY => '',
:RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY => 'x',
diff --git a/lib/tasks/stats.rake b/lib/tasks/stats.rake
index 9d7d70540..1242575fe 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/stats.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/stats.rake
@@ -91,4 +91,25 @@ namespace :stats do
end
end
+ desc 'Update statistics in the public_bodies table'
+ task :update_public_bodies_stats => :environment do
+ PublicBody.all.each do |public_body|
+ puts "Counting overdue requests for #{public_body.name}"
+ # Look for values of 'waiting_response_overdue' and
+ # 'waiting_response_very_overdue' which aren't directly in the
+ # described_state column, and instead need to be calculated:
+ overdue_count = 0
+ very_overdue_count = 0
+ InfoRequest.find_each(:conditions => {:public_body_id => public_body.id}) do |ir|
+ case ir.calculate_status
+ when 'waiting_response_very_overdue'
+ very_overdue_count += 1
+ when 'waiting_response_overdue'
+ overdue_count += 1
+ end
+ end
+ public_body.info_requests_overdue_count = overdue_count + very_overdue_count
+ public_body.save!
+ end
+ end
end