The Use of Confidence or Fiducial Limits Illustrated in the Case of the Binomial

CLOPPER, C. J., & PEARSON, E. S. (1934). The Use of Confidence or Fiducial Limits Illustrated in the Case of the Binomial. Biometrika, 26(4), 404-413.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1934

Volume

26

Issue

4

Pages

404-413

DOI

10.1093/biomet/26.4.404

DOI registrant

Oxford University Press

Link

https://doi.org/10.1093/biomet/26.4.404

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statistics_experimental_design

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2 citations across 2 artifacts.

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Primes

• Confidence Intervals
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    This sourceIntroduces the exact ('Clopper-Pearson') confidence interval for a binomial proportion. WebSearch-verified (Biometrika 26(4):404-413; DOI 10.1093/biomet/26.4.404). Author-initial correction applied: C. J. Clopper (Charles Julius Clopper), not 'C. W.' — see flag.

Mechanisms

• Finite-Sample or Exact Interval Check
  • Exact intervals can over-cover, buying a guarantee with excess width that frustrates decision-makers, and a strictly conservative interval is a real cost when precision matters.

    This sourceConstructs exact binomial confidence limits whose actual coverage can exceed the stated confidence coefficient.

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