An exact confidence set for two binomial proportions and exact unconditional confidence intervals for the difference and ratio of proportions

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 5046-5053

  Reiczigel, Jeno ^a   Abonyi Tóth, Zsolt ^a   Singer, Júlia ^b  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b BAXTER BIOSCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POISSON EQUATION; RISK ANALYSIS;

BINOMIAL PROBABILITIES; BINOMIAL PROPORTIONS;

SET THEORY;

EID: 46549086822     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2008.04.032     Document Type: Article

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