Mid-P confidence intervals based on the likelihood ratio for proportions estimated by group testing

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 391-405

  Hepworth, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coverage; Exact confidence intervals; Group testing; Likelihood ratio; Mid P; Ordering of outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 6044263569     PISSN: 13691473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2004.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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