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Sample Size Requirements for the Back-of-the-Envelope Binomial Confidence Interval |
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| Authors: | Myra L. Samuels Tai-Fang C. Lu | |
| Affiliation: | 1. Departments of Statistics and Veterinary Pathobiology , Purdue University , West Lafayette , IN , 47907-1399 , USA;2. Provience University , Shalu, Republic of China, Taiwan | |
| Abstract: | The simplest approximate confidence interval for the binomial parameter p, based on x successes in n trials, is  | |
| Keywords: | Binomial distribution Normal approximation | |