Computing an Exact Confidence Interval for the Common Odds Ratio in Several 2×2 Contingency Tables
多个 2×2 列联表共同优势比精确置信区间的计算
A quadratic time network algorithm is provided for computing an exact confidence interval for the common odds ratio in several 2×2 independent contingency tables. The algorithm is shown to be a considerable improvement on an existing algorithm developed by Thomas (1975), which relies on exhaustive enumeration. Problems that would formerly have consumed several CPU hours can now be solved in a few CPU seconds. The algorithm can easily handle sparse data sets where asymptotic…