Evaluating confidence interval methods for binomial proportions in clustered surveys

Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 484-503

  Dean, Natalie ^a   Pagano, Marcello ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agresti Coull; Binomial proportion; Jeffreys

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013793280     PISSN: 23250984     EISSN: 23250992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jssam/smv024     Document Type: Article

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