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Confidence Intervals for Proportion Estimates in Complex Samples NAEP

Author(s):
Oranje, Andreas
Publication Year:
2006
Report Number:
RR-06-21
Source:
ETS Research Report
Document Type:
Report
Page Count:
26
Subject/Key Words:
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), Confidence Intervals, Complex Sampling, Estimated Variance

Abstract

The study expands on the work of Brown, Cai, and DasGupta (2001) and Korn and Graubard (1998) using educational survey designs and complex sample data. Results based on a National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data resampling study showed that the theoretically appealing Wilson interval yields appropriate coverage with short intervals in most situations.

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