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+"""module contains script to call biweight midcorrelation in R"""
+import subprocess
+
+from typing import List
+from typing import Tuple
+
+from gn3.settings import BIWEIGHT_RSCRIPT
+
+
+def calculate_biweight_corr(trait_vals: List,
+                            target_vals: List,
+                            path_to_script: str = BIWEIGHT_RSCRIPT,
+                            command: str = "Rscript"
+                            ) -> Tuple[float, float]:
+    '''biweight function'''
+
+    args_1 = ' '.join(str(trait_val) for trait_val in trait_vals)
+    args_2 = ' '.join(str(target_val) for target_val in target_vals)
+    cmd = [command, path_to_script] + [args_1] + [args_2]
+
+    results = subprocess.check_output(cmd, universal_newlines=True)
+
+    (corr_coeff, p_val) = tuple([float(y) for y in results.split()])
+
+    return (corr_coeff, p_val)