Confidence intervals for proportions and related measures of effect size / Robert G. Newcombe.

"A Chapman & Hall book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Hypothesis tests and confidence intervals -- 2. Means and their differences -- 3. Confidence intervals for a simple binomial proportion -- 4. Criteria for optimality -- 5. Evaluation of performance of confidence interval methods -- 6. Intervals for the Poisson parameter and the substitution approach -- 7. Difference between independent proportions and the square-and-add approach -- 8. Difference between proportions based on individually paired data -- 9. Methods for triads of proportions -- 10. Relative risk and rate ratio -- 11. The odds ratio and logistic regression -- 12. Screening and diagnostic tests -- 13. Widening the applicability of confidence interval methods : the propagating imprecision approach -- 14. Several applications of the MOVER and PropImp approaches -- 15. Generalised Mann-Whitney measure -- 16. Generalised Wilcoxon measure.

"Addressed primarily at researchers who have not been trained as statisticians, this book describes how to use appropriate methods to calculate confidence intervals to present research findings. It covers background issues, such as the link between hypothesis tests and confidence intervals and why it is usually preferable to report the latter. Chapters begin with the simplest cases of a mean or a proportion based on a single sample and then move on to more complex applications. Although the books illustrative examples are mainly health-related, the methods described can also be applied to research in a wide range of disciplines"--Provided by publisher.

Also available as an electronic resource.