Confidence intervals and credibility intervals for a proportion;Intervalos de confianza e intervalos de credibilidad para una proporción

Revista Colombiana de Estadistica

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-228

  Cepeda Cuervo, Edilberto ^a   Aguilar, Wilson ^a   Cervantes, Víctor ^a   Corrales, Martha ^a   Díaz, Iván ^a   Rodríguez, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Confidence intervals; Coverage; Credibility interval; Proportions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953967694     PISSN: 01201751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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