On Small-Sample Confidence Intervals for Parameters in Discrete Distributions

DOI10.1111/j.0006-341X.2001.00963.xzbMath1209.62041OpenAlexW2159514419WikidataQ74497670 ScholiaQ74497670MaRDI QIDQ3078848

Alan Agresti, Yongyi Min

Publication date: 1 March 2011

Published in: Biometrics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0006-341x.2001.00963.x

zbMATH Keywords

relative riskbinomial distributionodds ratioexact testproportionclopperdifference of proportionsPearson intervaltail method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Parametric tolerance and confidence regions (62F25)

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Uses Software

• StatXact
• SAS

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