Estimating confidence limits on a standardised mortality ratio when the expected number is not error free.
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Estimating confidence limits on a standardised mortality ratio when the expected number is not error free.
OBJECTIVE The aim was to demonstrate how the beta distribution may be used to find confidence limits on a standardised mortality ratio (SMR) when the expected number of events is subject to random variation and to compare these limits with those obtained with the standard exact approach used for SMRs and with a Fieller-based confidence interval. DESIGN The relationship of the binomial and the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0143-005X
DOI: 10.1136/jech.48.3.313