Estimating the Ratio of Two Poisson Rates

Creator(s)

Robert M. Price, East Tennessee State UniversityFollow
Douglas G. Bonett, Iowa State University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-1-2000

Description

Classical and Bayesian methods for interval estimation of the ratio of two independent Poisson rates are examined and compared in terms of their exact coverage properties. Two methods to determine sampling effort requirements are derived.

Citation Information

Price, Robert M.; and Bonett, Douglas G.. 2000. Estimating the Ratio of Two Poisson Rates. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis. Vol.34(3). 345-356. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-9473(99)00100-0 ISSN: 0167-9473