Modified Clopper-Pearson Confidence Interval for Binomial Proportion
Tóm tắt
We introduce expected coverage probability as a measure for constructing confidence intervals for the binomial proportion, π. We propose a model based confidence interval for π using the expected coverage probabilities of the Clopper-Pearson interval. The method provides intervals comparable or better than the alternative intervals, such as the Wilson, Agresti-Coull and Jeffreys intervals.
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