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diffdepprop (version 0.1-9)

np.t: Calculates a rank-based confidence interval

Description

np.t gives a two-sided rank-based confidence interval with t- approximation for the difference of two dependent proportions. Data are assumed to be of a fourfold table, which contains the numbers of concordance and the numbers of discordance of two dependent methods.

Usage

np.t(a, b, c, d, n, alpha)

Arguments

a
first number of concordant paires as described above
b
first number of discordant paires as described above
c
second number of discordant paires as described above
d
second number of concordant paires as described above
n
number of observed objects
alpha
type I error; between zero and one

Value

A list with class '"htest"' containing the following components:
conf.int
a confidence interval for the difference in proportions
estimate
estimated difference in proportions

Details

The t-approximation is used for the critical value for the interval.

References

Lange, K. and Brunner, E. (2012). Sensitivity, Specificity and ROC-curves in multiple reader diagnostic trials-A unified, nonparametric approach. Statistical Methodology 9, 490-500.

Examples

Run this code
# a=10, b=15, c=5, d=20, n=50, type I error is 0.05
conf.int=np.t(10,15,5,20,50,0.05)

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