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Charting small sample characteristics of asymptotic confidence intervals for the binomial parameterp

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Small sample properties of seven confidence intervals for the binomial parameterp (based on various normal approximations) and of the Clopper-Pearson interval are compared. Coverage probabilities and expected lower and upper limits of the intervals are graphically displayed as functions of the binomial parameterp for various sample sizes.

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  1. Institut für Informatik, Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Holstenhofweg 85, 2000, Hamburg 70, Germany

    M. Schader

  2. Institut für Statistik und Ökonometrie, Universität Hamburg, von-Melle-Park 5, 2000, Hamburg 13, Germany

    F. Schmid

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Schader, M., Schmid, F. Charting small sample characteristics of asymptotic confidence intervals for the binomial parameterp . Statistical Papers 31, 251–264 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02924698

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