See also the binconf function in the Hmisc package. Ethan Johnsons wrote: > R-experts: > > A quick question, please. > >>From a lab exp, I got 12 positives out of 50. > To get 90% CI for this , I think binom.test might be the one to be used. > Is there a better way or function to calculate this? > >> binom.test(x=12, n=50, p=12/50, conf.level = 0.90) > > Exact binomial test > > data: 12 and 50 > number of successes = 12, number of trials = 50, p-value = 1 > alternative hypothesis: true probability of success is not equal to 0.24 > 90 percent confidence interval: > 0.1447182 0.3596557 > sample estimates: > probability of success > 0.24 > > thx much > > ej >
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