Estimating confidence limits on a standardised mortality ratio when the expected number is not error free.

The aim was to demonstrate how the beta distribution may be used to find confidence limits on a standardised mortality ratio (SMR) when the expected number of events is subject to random variation and to compare these limits with those obtained with the standard exact approach used for SMRs and with...

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Published in:Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 313 - 318
Main Author: Silcocks, P
Format: research Journal Article
Published: BMJ Publishing Group Jun1994
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