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Testing for the equality of two binomial proportions

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There are two statistics one might choose when testing whether two binomial probabilities are the same. This note provides a large sample answer to Robbins' question of which is preferable.

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  1. The Flinders University of South Australia, South Australia, Australia

    Noel Cressie

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Cressie, N. Testing for the equality of two binomial proportions. Ann Inst Stat Math 30, 421–427 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02480232

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