Confidence Intervals

Author/creator Smithson, Michael Editor
Format Electronic
Publication InfoThousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Description104 p. ill 08.500 x 05.500 in.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from SAGE Research Methods Core
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SeriesQuantitative Applications in the Social Sciences Ser.
Summary Annotation Using lots of easy to understand examples from different disciplines, the author introduces the basis of the confidence interval framework and provides the criteria for `best' confidence intervals, along with the trade-offs between confidence and precision. </p> <p></p> <p>The book 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 transformation of that parameter; confidence intervals on distributions whose shape changes with the value of the parameter being estimated; and, the relationship between confidence interval and significance testing frameworks, particularly regarding power.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2002009707
ISBN9780761924999
ISBN076192499X (Trade Paper) Active Record
Standard identifier# 9780761924999
Stock number407140 00023123

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