When do best confidence limits exist?
Author InfoKabaila, Paul Lloyd, Chris J. Abstract We consider the following question: “Is there a confidence upper limit with given minimum coverage properties which is better than all other confidence upper limits with the given minimum coverage properties?”. We prove that for discrete data this question is answered in the negative when certain readily checked and commonly satisfied assumptions hold true. Download InfoTo download: If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the proper application to view it first. Information about this may be contained in the File-Format links below. In case of further problems read the IDEAS help page. Note that these files are not on the IDEAS site. Please be patient as the files may be large.
