P-value from Chi sq test statistic in Python

Question

I have computed a test statistic that is distributed as a chi square with 1 degree of freedom, and want to find out what P-value this corresponds to using python.

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Answer 1

Quick refresher here:

Probability Density Function: think of it as a point value; how dense is the probability at a given point?

Cumulative Distribution Function: this is the mass of probability of the function up to a given point; what percentage of the distribution lies on one side of this point?

In your case, you took the PDF, for which you got the correct answer. If you try 1 - CDF:

>>> 1 - stats.chi2.cdf(3.84, 1)
0.050043521248705147

PDF CDF