asbio (version 0.2-1)

ci.median: Confidence interval for the median

Description

Function 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 paramter estimate and confidence bounds. Other invisible objects include:
• coverage
  The true coverage of the interval
• .

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)