Tell me more ×
Cross Validated is a question and answer site for statisticians, data analysts, data miners and data visualization experts. It's 100% free, no registration required.
up vote 0 down vote favorite

I have several estimates obtained using different softwares, these programs give me an estimate as well as a 95% confidence interval. However, these CIs are not symmetric around my point estimates, the upper confidence interval is generally much larger. I want to weight these estimates by their uncertainty, but I am not sure how to do this when dealing with asymmetric CIs.

share|improve this question
More information is necessary. What are the parameters being estimated? What procedure are you using? – Macro Oct 6 '11 at 13:42
1  
Have you checked them on all scales? For example, if you take the natural log of your estimate and the confidence intervals, are they symmetric? – EpiGrad Oct 6 '11 at 18:10

Know someone who can answer? Share a link to this question via email, Google+, Twitter, or Facebook.

Your Answer

 
discard

By posting your answer, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of service.

Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.