[R] exact 95% confidence intervals

[Peter Dalgaard]

"XinMeng" <xmeng at capitalbio.com> writes:

> Hello sir:

> As to the 2*2 table format for reporting results comparing a new
> test to true diagnosis,when I got the sensitivity and
> specificity,how can I calculate the exact 95% confidence intervals
> (based on the binomial distribution) for sensitivity and specificity
> via R?

Just run binom.test on the data from each column (or row, depending on
which way you turn the tables).

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