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On the actual coverage probability of binomial parameter  

Kim, Dae-Hak (School of Liberal Arts, Catholic University of Daegu)
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Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society / v.21, no.4, 2010 , pp. 737-745 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, various methods for finding confidence intervals for the p of binomial parameter are reviewed. We compare the performance of several confidence interval estimates in terms of actual coverage probability by small sample Monte Carlo simulation.
Keywords
Actual coverage probability; binomial distribution; binomial parameter; confidence interval;
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