ci.median {asbio}

Confidence interval for the median

Description

Calculates the upper and lower confidence bounds for the true median, and calculates true coverage of the interval.

Usage

ci.median(x, conf = 0.95)

Arguments

x

A vector of quantitative data.

conf

The desired level of confidence 1 - P(type I error).

Value

Returns a list of class = "ci". Default printed results are the parameter estimate and confidence bounds. Other invisible objects include:

coverage

The true coverage of the interval.

Author(s)

Ken Aho

References

Ott, R. L., and M. T. Longnecker (2004) A First Course in Statistical Methods. Thompson.

See Also

median

Examples

x<-rnorm(20)
ci.median(x)