Sample size for estimating a binomial proportion: Comparison of different methods

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2453-2473

  Gonçalves, Luzia ^a   Rosario de Oliveira M ^b   Pascoal, Cláudia ^b   Pires, Ana ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Binomial proportion; Confidence intervals; Coverage probability; Expected length; Sample size

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868094589     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2012.713919     Document Type: Article

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