Quickbasic program for exact and mid-P confidence intervals for a binomial proportion

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 263-267

  Fagan, Terry ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

binomial proportion; computer program; confidence interval; continued fraction; exact; mid P; Quickbasic; statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

EID: 0029967240     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0010-4825(96)00006-6     Document Type: Article

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