Comparison of confidence interval construction methods for discrete biological data

The bootstrap (resampling) methods of construction of confidence intervals (c.i.) are conside­red. The c.i. obtained are compared with each other and with the standard student c.i. by simula­tion. The study is based on a real biological data about distribution of badger, fox, and raccoon dog borrow...

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Main Authors: Alesia Kanopaitė, Eduardas Mickevičius, Marijus Radavičius
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Language:English
Published: Vilnius University Press 2002-12-01
Series:Lietuvos Matematikos Rinkinys
Online Access:https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/LMR/article/view/32990
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description The bootstrap (resampling) methods of construction of confidence intervals (c.i.) are conside­red. The c.i. obtained are compared with each other and with the standard student c.i. by simula­tion. The study is based on a real biological data about distribution of badger, fox, and raccoon dog borrow number in 1 km2 square areas uniformly allocated throughout Lithuania territory. The dist­ributions take only a few nonzero values with relatively large proportion of zeros, are very skewed and have irregular tails. In this case the normal approximation, the student c.i. is based on, of the distribution of the sample mean is not sufficiently accurate for small samples.
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spelling doaj-art-81be2ba39bf2421e9d1dbecd55bf66342025-02-11T18:13:17ZengVilnius University PressLietuvos Matematikos Rinkinys0132-28182335-898X2002-12-0142spec.10.15388/LMR.2002.32990Comparison of confidence interval construction methods for discrete biological dataAlesia Kanopaitė0Eduardas Mickevičius1Marijus Radavičius2Vilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityInstitute of EcologyVilnius Gediminas Technical University The bootstrap (resampling) methods of construction of confidence intervals (c.i.) are conside­red. The c.i. obtained are compared with each other and with the standard student c.i. by simula­tion. The study is based on a real biological data about distribution of badger, fox, and raccoon dog borrow number in 1 km2 square areas uniformly allocated throughout Lithuania territory. The dist­ributions take only a few nonzero values with relatively large proportion of zeros, are very skewed and have irregular tails. In this case the normal approximation, the student c.i. is based on, of the distribution of the sample mean is not sufficiently accurate for small samples. https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/LMR/article/view/32990
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title_full Comparison of confidence interval construction methods for discrete biological data
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