Date:         Sat, 27 Nov 2010 22:59:02 -0500
Reply-To:     "Viel, Kevin" <kviel@SJHA.ORG>
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From:         "Viel, Kevin" <kviel@SJHA.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Exact Poisson CI
Comments: To: "Zack, Matthew M. (CDC/ONDIEH/NCCDPHP)" <mmz1@cdc.gov>
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> _______________________________________
> From: Zack, Matthew M. (CDC/ONDIEH/NCCDPHP) [mmz1@cdc.gov]
> Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2010 2:04 PM
> To: Viel, Kevin
> Subject: RE: Exact Poisson CI
>
> The derivation of the exact Poisson confidence interval from the
> chi-squared distribution
> is described in the following reference:
>
>   Garwood F.  Fiducial limits for the Poisson distribution.  Biometrika
> 1936:28:437-442.

Matthew,

  Thanks.  I followed several papers/pages to that reference, but Biometrika has it behind its pay-wall.  It should be off copyright by now?  Anyway, I look forward to reading it once I physically get to the library.

Kind regards,

Kevin
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