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confidence interval


confidence interval

noun

Definition of CONFIDENCE INTERVAL

: a group of continuous or discrete adjacent values that is used to estimate a statistical parameter (as a mean or variance) and that tends to include the true value of the parameter a predetermined proportion of the time if the process of finding the group of values is repeated a number of times

First Known Use of CONFIDENCE INTERVAL

1934

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