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PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOUR FORM TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS. 1.REPORT DATE (DD-MM-YYYY) 2.REPORT TYPE 3.DATES COVERED (From-To) June 2010 Final January to June 2009 4.TITLE AND SUBTITLE 5 CONTRACT NUMBER Binomial Distribution:Hypothesis Testing,Confidence Intervals(CI),and Reliability with Implementation in S-PLUS 5b.GRANT NUMBER 5e.PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 6.AUTHOR(S) 5d.PROJECT NUMBER Joseph C.Collins 5e.TASK NUMBER SE WORK UNIT NUMBER 7.PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S)AND ADDRESS(ES) 8.PERFORMING ORGANIZATION U.S.Army Research Laboratory REPORT NUMBER ATTN:RDRL-SLB-D ARL-TR-5214 Survivability/Lethality Analysis Directorate Aberdeen Proving Ground,MD 21005 9.SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S)AND ADDRESS(ES) 10.SPONSOR/MONITOR'S ACRONYM(S) 11.SPONSOR/MONITOR'S REPORT NUMBER(S) 12.DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENT Approved for public release;distribution unlimited. 13.SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 14.ABSTRACT System requirements can be expressed in terms of an upper(lower)limit on the probability of failure(success).Statistical analysis of such binary(0/1,success/failure,go/no-go)data typically requires point and interval estimation and inference or hypothesis tests on the associated event probability.For identical independent trials,the proportion observed serves as an estimate of the event rate.Based on the method of Clopper-Pearson(CP)and the likelihood ratio(LR)technique properties of the binomial distribution are used to derive interval estimates,which are in turn used in inference.An application is the determination of sample size and maximum permissible number of failures(nf)required to establish a specific reliability (probability of success)with given probability (confidence). 15.SUBJECT TERMS binomial reliability,probability,statistics 17.LIMITATION 18 NUMBER 19a.NAME OF RESPONSIBLE PERSON 16.SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF: OF ABSTRACT OF PAGES Joseph C.Collins a.REPORT b.ABSTRACT e.THIS PAGE UU 43 19b.TELEPHONE NUMBER (Include area code) Unclassified Unclassified Unclassified (410)278-6832 Standard Form 298(Rev.8/98) Prescribed by ANSI Std.Z39.18 iii REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE Form Approved OMB No. 0704-0188 Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to Department of Defense, Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports (0704-0188), 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302. Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if it does not display a currently valid OMB control number. PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOUR FORM TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS. 1. REPORT DATE (DD-MM-YYYY) June 2010 2. REPORT TYPE Final 3. DATES COVERED (From - To) January to June 2009 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE Binomial Distribution: Hypothesis Testing, Confidence Intervals (CI), and Reliability with Implementation in S-PLUS 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER 5b. GRANT NUMBER 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 6. AUTHOR(S) Joseph C. Collins 5d. PROJECT NUMBER 5e. TASK NUMBER 5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-SLB-D Survivability/Lethality Analysis Directorate Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER ARL-TR-5214 9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 10. SPONSOR/MONITOR'S ACRONYM(S) 11. SPONSOR/MONITOR'S REPORT NUMBER(S) 12. DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENT Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. 13. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 14. ABSTRACT System requirements can be expressed in terms of an upper (lower) limit on the probability of failure (success). Statistical analysis of such binary (0/1, success/failure, go/no-go) data typically requires point and interval estimation and inference or hypothesis tests on the associated event probability. For identical independent trials, the proportion observed serves as an estimate of the event rate. Based on the method of Clopper-Pearson (CP) and the likelihood ratio (LR) technique properties of the binomial distribution are used to derive interval estimates, which are in turn used in inference. An application is the determination of sample size and maximum permissible number of failures (nf) required to establish a specific reliability (probability of success) with given probability (confidence). 15. SUBJECT TERMS binomial reliability, probability, statistics 16. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF: 17. LIMITATION OF ABSTRACT UU 18. NUMBER OF PAGES 43 19a. NAME OF RESPONSIBLE PERSON Joseph C. Collins a. REPORT Unclassified b. ABSTRACT Unclassified c. THIS PAGE Unclassified 19b. TELEPHONE NUMBER (Include area code) (410) 278-6832 Standard Form 298 (Rev. 8/98) Prescribed by ANSI Std. Z39.18