A Comparison of Limit Setting Methods for the On-Off Problem
arXiv:1505.07027 · doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.10.028
Abstract
We study the frequentist properties of confidence intervals for the On-Off problem. The methods include all those in common use today. We derive explicit formulas for the limits and calculate the true coverage and the expected lengths of these methods.
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