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<h2 title="Interface BinomialConfidenceInterval" class="title">Interface BinomialConfidenceInterval</h2>
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<pre>public interface <span class="strong">BinomialConfidenceInterval</span></pre>
<div class="block">Abstract base class to generate confidence intervals for a binomial proportion.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Since:</span></dt>
<dd>3.3</dd>
<dt><span class="strong">Version:</span></dt>
<dd>$Id: BinomialConfidenceInterval.java 1560531 2014-01-22 22:00:37Z tn $</dd>
<dt><span class="strong">See Also:</span></dt><dd><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_proportion_confidence_interval">Binomial
proportion confidence interval (Wikipedia)</a></dd></dl>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/stat/interval/ConfidenceInterval.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.math3.stat.interval">ConfidenceInterval</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/stat/interval/BinomialConfidenceInterval.html#createInterval(int, int, double)">createInterval</a></strong>(int&nbsp;numberOfTrials,
int&nbsp;numberOfSuccesses,
double&nbsp;confidenceLevel)</code>
<div class="block">Create a confidence interval for the true probability of success
of an unknown binomial distribution with the given observed number
of trials, successes and confidence level.</div>
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<h4>createInterval</h4>
<pre><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/stat/interval/ConfidenceInterval.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.math3.stat.interval">ConfidenceInterval</a>&nbsp;createInterval(int&nbsp;numberOfTrials,
int&nbsp;numberOfSuccesses,
double&nbsp;confidenceLevel)
throws <a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/exception/NotStrictlyPositiveException.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.math3.exception">NotStrictlyPositiveException</a>,
<a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/exception/NotPositiveException.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.math3.exception">NotPositiveException</a>,
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<a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/exception/OutOfRangeException.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.math3.exception">OutOfRangeException</a></pre>
<div class="block">Create a confidence interval for the true probability of success
of an unknown binomial distribution with the given observed number
of trials, successes and confidence level.
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Preconditions:
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<li><code>numberOfTrials</code> must be positive</li>
<li><code>numberOfSuccesses</code> may not exceed <code>numberOfTrials</code></li>
<li><code>confidenceLevel</code> must be strictly between 0 and 1 (exclusive)</li>
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<dl><dt><span class="strong">Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>numberOfTrials</code> - number of trials</dd><dd><code>numberOfSuccesses</code> - number of successes</dd><dd><code>confidenceLevel</code> - desired probability that the true probability of
success falls within the returned interval</dd>
<dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>Confidence interval containing the probability of success with
probability <code>confidenceLevel</code></dd>
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<dd><code><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/exception/NotStrictlyPositiveException.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.math3.exception">NotStrictlyPositiveException</a></code> - if <code>numberOfTrials &lt;= 0</code>.</dd>
<dd><code><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/exception/NotPositiveException.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.math3.exception">NotPositiveException</a></code> - if <code>numberOfSuccesses &lt; 0</code>.</dd>
<dd><code><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/exception/NumberIsTooLargeException.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.math3.exception">NumberIsTooLargeException</a></code> - if <code>numberOfSuccesses &gt; numberOfTrials</code>.</dd>
<dd><code><a href="../../../../../../org/apache/commons/math3/exception/OutOfRangeException.html" title="class in org.apache.commons.math3.exception">OutOfRangeException</a></code> - if <code>confidenceLevel</code> is not in the interval <code>(0, 1)</code>.</dd></dl>
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