Interval estimation of the risk ratio between a secondary infection, given a primary infection, and the primary infection

Biometrics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 706-711

  Lui, Kung Jong ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Average length; Coverage probability; Interval estimation; Risk ratio

Indexed keywords

RISK PERCEPTION;

ASYMPTOTICS; AVERAGE LENGTH; CLOSED FORM; COVERAGE PROBABILITIES; INTERVAL ESTIMATION; INTERVAL ESTIMATORS; LOGARITHMIC TRANSFORMATIONS; RISK RATIO; TEST STATISTICS; WALD TEST;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

ARTICLE; INFECTION RISK; PRIMARY INFECTION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPERINFECTION;

EID: 0031778543     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3109776     Document Type: Article

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