The monotone boundary property and the full coverage property of confidence intervals for a binomial proportion

Abstract

The methodology for deriving the exact confidence coefficient of some confidence intervals for a binomial proportion is proposed in Wang [2007. Exact confidence coefficients of confidence intervals for a binomial proportion. Statist. Sinica 17, 361-368]. The methodology requires two conditions of confidence intervals: the monotone boundary property and the full coverage property. In this paper, we show that for some confidence intervals of a binomial proportion, the two properties hold for any sample size. Based on results presented in this paper, the procedure in Wang [2007. Exact confidence coefficients of confidence intervals for a binomial proportion. Statist. Sinica 17, 361-368] can be directly used to calculate the exact confidence coefficients of these confidence intervals for any fixed sample size. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.