Confidence intervals for the comparison of two proportions;Intervalos de confianza para la comparación de dos proporciones

Revista Colombiana de Estadistica

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-75

  Correa, Juan Carlos ^a   Sierra, Esperanza ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Binomial distribution; Confidence interval; Coverage probability; Estimation; Real confidence level

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954015162     PISSN: 01201751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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