Improved exact confidence intervals for the odds ratio in two independent binomial samples

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1008-1019

  Lin, Che Yang ^a   Yang, Ming Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Binomial distribution; Conditional test; Interval estimation; Odds ratio

Indexed keywords

BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; BINOMIAL SAMPLES; CONDITIONAL TEST; COVERAGE PROBABILITIES; EXACT CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; INTERVAL ESTIMATION; ODD RATIOS; SMALL SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 33846233751     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200510222     Document Type: Article

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