CONFIDENCE-LIMITS FOR THE RATIO OF 2 BINOMIAL PROPORTIONS BASED ON LIKELIHOOD SCORES - NONITERATIVE METHOD

被引:24
作者
NAM, JM [1 ]
机构
[1] NCI,BIOSTAT BRANCH,ROCKVILLE,MD 20892
关键词
CONFIDENCE LIMITS; RELATIVE RISK; RELATIVE DIFFERENCE; NONITERATIVE METHOD;
D O I
10.1002/bimj.4710370311
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The interval estimation of the ratio of two binomial proportions based on the score statistic is superior over other methods. Iterative algorithms for calculating the approximate confidence interval have been provided by, e.g., KOOPMAN (1984, Biometrics 40:513-517) and GART and NAM (1988a, Biometrics 44:323-338). This note presents the analytical solutions for upper and lower confidence limits in a closed form and gives examples for numerical illustration. The non-iterative method is generally more desirable than the iterative method.
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