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Benchmark Analysis: Shopping with Proper Confidence
Author(s) -
Piegorsch Walter W.,
West R. Webster
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
risk analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1539-6924
pISSN - 0272-4332
DOI - 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2005.00636.x
Subject(s) - benchmark (surveying) , confidence interval , computer science , data mining , statistics , risk analysis (engineering) , mathematics , medicine , geography , cartography
We discuss the issue of using benchmark doses for quantifying (excess) risk associated with exposure to environmental hazards. The paradigm of low‐dose risk estimation in dose‐response modeling is used as the primary application scenario. Emphasis is placed on making simultaneous inferences on benchmark doses when data are in the form of proportions, although the concepts translate easily to other forms of outcome data.