Confidence Intervals

by Michael Smithson

Book Overview

Smithson first introduces the basis of the confidence interval framework and then provides the criteria for "best" confidence intervals, along with the trade-offs between confidence and precision. Next, using a reader-friendly style with lots of worked out examples from various disciplines, he covers such pertinent topics as: the transformation principle whereby a confidence interval for a parameter may be used to construct an interval for any monotonic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076192499X
• ISBN13: 9780761924999
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.4"