A procedure based on order statistics is given for the interval estimation of the largest α-quantile of several continuous distributions. Results on infimum of coverage probability are obtained for ...

A procedure for interval estimation of the shape parameter of the gamma distribution is proposed which enables the experimenter to obtain upper and lower confidence limits after each observation is ...

Examines point and confidence interval estimation. Principles of maximum likelihood, sufficiency, and completeness: tests of simple and composite hypotheses, linear models, and multiple regression ...

The number needed to treat, that is, the average number of patients a clinician needs to treat with a particular therapy to prevent one bad outcome,1 is a translation into clinical terms of the ...