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2008 Feb 06
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ci.pd() (Epi) and Newcombe method
Greetings! I suspect that there is an error in the code for the function ci.pd() in the Epi package. This function is for computing confidence intervals for a difference of proportions between two independent groups of 0/1 responses, and implements the Newcombe ("Nc") method and the Agrasti-Caffo "AC" method. I think there is an error in the computation for the Newcombe method. Specifically, where the code says # Put the data in the right form x1 <- aa; n1 <- aa+cc; p1 <- x1/n1 x2 <- bb; n2 <- bb+dd; p2 <- x2/n2 pd <- x1/n1 - x2/n2 z <- qno...