Confidence interval construction for proportion ratio in paired studies based on hybrid method

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 361-378

  Tang, Man Lai ^a   Li, Hui Qiong ^b   Tang, Nian Sheng ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agresti Coull interval; correlated proportions; hybrid method; Jeffreys interval; Wilson score interval

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL CONSTRUCTION; CONTACT LENS; DISINFECTION; HUMAN; HYBRID METHOD; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 79960345436     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: 14770334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280210384714     Document Type: Article

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