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Simon Jackman <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:18:11 -0800
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On Jan 30, 2006, at 1:56 PM, Douglas Rivers wrote:

> Of course,
> since p is bounded, there is nothing that keeps the first interval
> bounded
> between zero and one.

hi

what do you mean by "first interval" here?

agreed that it is kind of embarassing to go through the calculation
and get a 95% CI on a probability lying outside the unit interval.
not a problem at Polimetrix with, um, large n...

-- simon

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