Unconditional small-sample confidence intervals for the odds ratio

被引：62

作者：

Agresti, A ^{[1
]}

Min, YY ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Florida, Dept Stat, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA

来源：

BIOSTATISTICS | 2002年 / 3卷 / 03期

关键词：

binomial distribution; conditional tests; exact inference; two-by-two contingency table;

D O I：

10.1093/biostatistics/3.3.379

中图分类号：

Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

The traditional approach to 'exact' small-sample interval estimation of the odds ratio for binomial, Poisson, or multinomial samples uses the conditional distribution to eliminate nuisance parameters. This approach can be very conservative. For two independent binomial samples, we study an unconditional approach with overall confidence level guaranteed to equal at least the nominal level. With small samples this interval tends to be shorter and have coverage probabilities nearer the nominal level.

引用

页码：379 / 386

页数：8

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