scaspci: Skewness-corrected asymptotic score ("SCAS") confidence...

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scaspciR Documentation

Skewness-corrected asymptotic score ("SCAS") confidence intervals for single binomial or Poisson rate using closed-form calculations. This function is vectorised in x, n.

Description

Skewness-corrected asymptotic score ("SCAS") confidence intervals for single binomial or Poisson rate using closed-form calculations. This function is vectorised in x, n.

Usage

scaspci(x, n, distrib = "bin", level = 0.95, cc = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

x

Numeric vector of number of events.

n

Numeric vector of sample sizes (for binomial rates) or exposure times (for Poisson rates).

distrib

Character string indicating distribution assumed for the input data: "bin" = binomial (default), "poi" = Poisson.

level

Number specifying confidence level (between 0 and 1, default 0.95).

cc

Number or logical (default FALSE) specifying (amount of) continuity correction. Numeric value is taken as the gamma parameter in Laud 2017, Appendix S2 (default 0.5 for 'conventional' correction if cc = TRUE).

...

Other arguments.

Author(s)

Pete Laud, p.j.laud@sheffield.ac.uk


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