A revisit on comparing the asymptotic interval estimators of odds ratio in a single 2 × 2 table

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 226-237

  Lui, Kung Jong ^a   Lin, Chii Dean ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornfield's confidence interval; Coverage probability; Efficiency; Logit interval estimator

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTINUITY CORRECTIONS; CONTROL GROUPS; CORNFIELD CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COVERAGE PROBABILITIES; INTERVAL ESTIMATORS; LOGIT INTERVAL ESTIMATOR; ODD RATIOS; S-METHOD; SAMPLE SIZES;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 0037248817     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200390008     Document Type: Article

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