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confidence interval for median estimate?
Message posted by Thomas Raffill on February 6, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)
We all know there are standard
formulas for confidence intervals
on an estimate of the mean
from the sample mean. But does
anyone know how to get a
confidence interval on an
estimate of the median from
the sample median?
Thanks,
Tom
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Re: confidence interval for median estimate?
Message posted by Bill on February 7, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)
I don't have the complete reference but the answer is in: Mosteller and Rourke, Ch 14 "Order statistics: Distribution of Probabilities: Confidence Limits, Tolerance limits." This reference is given on page 335 of Glantz, Sa. Primer of bio-statistics. 3rd ed. McGraw-Hill, 1992.
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