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Table 2 Coverage of confidence intervals based on back-transformation algorithm assuming SRR = 0.017

From: Sample size determination for estimating antibody seroconversion rate under stable malaria transmission intensity

Population

Sample size

Seroconversion rate

0.0036

0.0108

0.0324

0.0969

0.2900

Africa

50

0.998

0.958

0.960

0.959

0.922

 

100

0.930

0.948

0.950

0.951

0.937

 

250

0.939

0.956

0.959

0.952

0.951

 

500

0.958

0.952

0.956

0.955

0.957

 

1,000

0.954

0.958

0.955

0.957

0.951

Elsewhere

50

0.909

0.942

0.952

0.954

0.970

 

100

0.935

0.953

0.958

0.954

0.951

 

250

0.948

0.955

0.958

0.961

0.954

 

500

0.946

0.958

0.954

0.955

0.955

 

1,000

0.954

0.953

0.955

0.952

0.952