Confidence Intervals for a Binomial Proportion and Asymptotic ExpansionsAuthor(s): Lawrence D. Brown, T. Tony Cai, Anirban DasGuptaSource: The Annals of Statistics, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Feb., 2002), pp. 160-201Published by: Institute of Mathematical StatisticsStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2700007Accessed: 25/03/2010 16:15

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Issue Table of ContentsThe Annals of Statistics, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Feb., 2002), pp. 1-323Front MatterClassification and RegressionEmpirical Margin Distributions and Bounding the Generalization Error of Combined Classifiers [pp.1-50]On Weak Base Hypotheses and Their Implications for Boosting Regression and Classification [pp.51-73]Variable Selection for Cox's Proportional Hazards Model and Frailty Model [pp.74-99]

Sequential DesignRandomized Allocation with Nonparametric Estimation for a Multi-Armed Bandit Problem with Covariates [pp.100-121]Asymptotic Properties of Adaptive Designs for Clinical Trials with Delayed Response [pp.122-139]

Categorical DataMarginal Models for Categorical Data [pp.140-159]Confidence Intervals for a Binomial Proportion and Asymptotic Expansions [pp.160-201]On the Bias in Estimating Genetic Length and Other Quantities in Simplex Constrained Models [pp.202-219]

Multiple Hypothesis TestingMultiple Hypotheses Testing and Expected Number of Type I Errors [pp.220-238]Some Results on False Discovery Rate in Stepwise Multiple Testing Procedures [pp.239-257]

Spectral Analysis and KrigingSpectral Analysis for Harmonizable Processes [pp.258-297]The Screening Effect in Kriging [pp.298-323]

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