Revisiting proportion estimators

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-169

  Böhning, Dankmar ^a   Viwatwongkasem, Chukiat ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOMETRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLINICAL TRIALS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; RISK;

EID: 16344375869     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0962280205sm393oa     Document Type: Article

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