A simulation study is carried out in order to compare the performance of the Lincoln-Petersen and Chapman estimators for single capture-recapture or dual system estimation when the sizes of the samples or record systems are not fixed by the researcher. Performance is explored through both bias...

We first show that any 1−α bootstrap percentile confidence interval for a proportion based on a binomial random variable has an infimum coverage probability zero for any sample size. This result is then extended to intervals for the difference, the relative risk and the odds ratio of two...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to use Bayesian probability theory to analyze the software reliability model with multiple types of faults. The probability that all faults are detected and corrected after a series of independent software tests and correction cycles is presented. This in...

In a sample of mRNA species counts, sequences without duplicates or with small numbers of copies are likely to carry information related to mutations or diseases and can be of great interest. However, in some situations, sequence abundance is unknown and sequencing the whole sample to find the...

This paper concerns interval estimation for the difference of two dependent proportions. An order on the sample space is constructed using an inductive method; then the smallest one-sided 1−α confidence interval under the order is derived. This interval is admissible under the set inclusion...