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2020

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

Binomial distribution

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Identifying Which Of J Independent Binomial Distributions Has The Largest Probability Of Success, Rand Wilcox Jul 2020

Identifying Which Of J Independent Binomial Distributions Has The Largest Probability Of Success, Rand Wilcox

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

Let p1,…, pJ denote the probability of a success for J independent random variables having a binomial distribution and let p(1) ≤ … ≤ p(J) denote these probabilities written in ascending order. The goal is to make a decision about which group has the largest probability of a success, p(J). Let 1,…, J denote estimates of p1,…,pJ, respectively. The strategy is to test J − 1 hypotheses comparing the group with the largest estimate to each of the J − 1 …


A Note On Inferences About The Probability Of Success, Rand Wilcox Jun 2020

A Note On Inferences About The Probability Of Success, Rand Wilcox

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

There is an extensive literature dealing with inferences about the probability of success. A minor goal in this note is to point out when certain recommended methods can be unsatisfactory when the sample size is small. The main goal is to report results on the two-sample case. Extant results suggest using one of four methods. The results indicate when computing a 0.95 confidence interval, two of these methods can be more satisfactory when dealing with small sample sizes.