Tuyl, Frank; Gerlach, Richard; Mengersen, Kerrie - In: International Statistical Review 77 (2009) 2, pp. 266-275
The Rule of Three (R3) states that 3/"n" is an approximate 95% upper limit for the binomial parameter, when there are no events in "n" trials. This rule is based on the one-sided Clopper-Pearson exact limit, but it is shown that none of the other popular frequentist methods lead to it. It...
