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Interval estimation for a binomial proportion: a bootstrap approach

Mantalos, Panagiotis LU and Zografos, Konstantinos (2008) In Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation 78(12). p.1249-1263
Abstract
This paper discusses the classic but still current problem of interval estimation of a binomial proportion. Bootstrap methods are presented for constructing such confidence intervals in a routine, automatic way. Three confidence intervals for a binomial proportion are compared and studied by means of a simulation study, namely: the Wald confidence interval, the Agresti-Coull interval and the bootstrap-t interval. A new confidence interval, the Agresti-Coull interval with bootstrap critical values, is also introduced and its good behaviour related to the average coverage probability is established by means of simulations.
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Coverage probability, Confidence intervals, Bootstrap, Agresti and Coull confidence interval, Binomial distribution
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Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation
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78
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12
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1249 - 1263
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Taylor & Francis
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1563-5163
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10.1080/00949650701749356
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English
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  title        = {{Interval estimation for a binomial proportion: a bootstrap approach}},
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  doi          = {{10.1080/00949650701749356}},
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