New large-sample confidence intervals for a linear combination of binomial proportions |
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Authors: | Joshua M Tebbs Scott A Roths |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Statistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA;2. Department of Statistics, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA |
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Abstract: | In this paper, we consider the problem wherein one desires to estimate a linear combination of binomial probabilities from k>2 independent populations. In particular, we create a new family of asymptotic confidence intervals, extending the approach taken by Beal 1987. Asymptotic confidence intervals for the difference between two binomial parameters for use with small samples. Biometrics 73, 941–950] in the two-sample case. One of our new intervals is shown to perform very well when compared to the best available intervals documented in Price and Bonett 2004. An improved confidence interval for a linear function of binomial proportions. Comput. Statist. Data Anal. 45, 449–456]. Furthermore, our interval estimation approach is quite general and could be extended to handle more complicated parametric functions and even to other discrete probability models in stratified settings. We illustrate our new intervals using two real data examples, one from an ecology study and one from a multicenter clinical trial. |
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Keywords: | Bayesian estimation Gram&ndash Schimdt othogonalization Multicenter clinical trial Nuisance parameters Reparameterization |
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