ORCI (version 1.1)

Woolf.CI: Compute Woolf confidence interval for the odds ratio

Description

Compute Woolf confidence interval for the odds ratio of two independent binomial proportions.

Usage

Woolf.CI(x1, n1, x2, n2, conf = 0.95)

Arguments

x1

number of events in group 1.

n1

number of trials in group 1.

x2

number of events in group 2.

n2

number of trials in group 2.

conf

confidence level.

References

Woolf, B. (1955). On estimating the relation between blood group and disease. Annals of human genetics, 19(4):251-253.

Examples

# x1=2, n1=14, x2=1, n2=11
# 95% confidence interval for the odds ratio 

Woolf.CI(2, 14, 1, 11)