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Activity Number: 333
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Biometrics Section
Abstract - #310166
Title: Sequential Confidence Limits for the Ratio of Two Binomial Proportions
Author(s): Hokwon Cho*+ and Z. Govindarajulu
Companies: University of Nevada, Las Vegas and University of Kentucky
Address: 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV, 89154-4020,
Keywords: Sequential confidence limits ; ratio of two binomial proportions ; maximum likelihood estimator
Abstract:

We present a sequential method for obtaining approximate confidence limits for the ratio of two independent binomial proportions based on the maximum likelihood estimator. Large-sample properties of the proposed sequential estimator are studied. Monte Carlo simulation is carried out in order to investigate its finite sample behavior. The proposed method is applied to a numerical example for illustration and its use.

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