Eugene asked "Can someone point me to current views on the
use of the continuity correction
for the normal approximation to the binomial and Poisson?"
for the normal approximation to the binomial and Poisson?"
It it easy to demonstrate that use of the
correction for continuity when estimating binomial probabilities by
using the normal CDF results in a much better approximation when
n is small, but that as n grows the difference between the corrected estimate
and the noncorrected estimate becomes trivial.
Karl L. Wuensch, Department of Psychology,
East Carolina University, Greenville NC 27858-4353
Voice: 252-328-4102 Fax: 252-328-6283
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http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/klw.htm
