Confidence interval procedures for the probability of disease transmission in multiple-vector-transfer designs

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-90

  Tebbs, Joshua M ^a   Bilder, Christopher R ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Binomial distribution; Composite sampling; Group testing; Insect vectors; Plant disease; Proportion

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; PATHOLOGY; PROBABILITY;

ARCHAEORRHYNCHA; DELPHACODES; INSECTA;

EID: 5044246882     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/1085711043127     Document Type: Article

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