Function Confidence-Interval-Proportion
(
confidence-interval-proportion &rest < args > )
CONFIDENCE-INTERVAL-PROPORTION (X N CONFIDENCE)
Suppose we have a sample of `n' things and `x' of them are ``successes.'' We
can estimate the population proportion of successes as x/n; call it `p-hat.'
This function computes the estimate and a confidence interval on it. This
function is not appropriate for small samples with p-hat far from 1/2: `x'
should be at least 5, and so should `n'-`x.' This function returns three values:
p-hat, and the lower and upper bounds of the confidence interval. `Confidence'
should be a number between 0 and 1, exclusive.