I suggest: A. Agresti and B. A. Coull. Approximate is better than exact for interval estimation of binomial proportions. The American Statistician, 52(2):119126, 1998.
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Laura Chihara <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > > I have a question about prop.test in R: > > I teach students the score confidence > interval for proportions (also called > Wilson or Wilson score interval). > > prop.test(,..., correct=FALSE) gives this > interval. > > The default uses a continuity correction. > When should we use one over the other? > Is it worth going over this in class? Why > is correct=TRUE the default? > > Thanks for any pedagogical guidance here! > > -- Laura > > ******************************************* > Laura Chihara > Professor of Mathematics 507-222-4065 (office) > Dept of Mathematics 507-222-4312 (fax) > Carleton College > 1 North College Street > Northfield MN 55057 > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-teaching > -- Ralph O'Brien, PhD Professor, Dept of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Case Western Reserve University Office: 216.368.1927 Cell: 216.312.3203 [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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