confidence interval
noun
: a group of continuous or discrete adjacent values that is used to estimate a statistical parameter (such 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
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Though the vaccine efficacy estimates with potentially wide confidence intervals are not ideal, the doses may offer baseline protection from severe outcomes, which could be critical for higher-risk children.
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Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2023
Interested parties can also dig into the raw data of tens of thousands of human prompt/response ratings for themselves or examine more detailed statistics, such as direct pairwise win rates between models and confidence interval ranges for those Elo estimates.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 13 Dec. 2023
Organizations like the International Whaling Commission (IWC) provide an estimate with a confidence interval.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 26 Oct. 2023
In all, the modeling estimated that COVID-19 vaccination prevented 3.25 million deaths, with a 95-percent confidence interval of 3.1 million to 3.4 million.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 Dec. 2022
The difference in infertility rates in high-income versus low-income countries is not statistically significant, Mburu said, due to overlapping confidence intervals and data gaps from certain global regions.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 Apr. 2023
While letting its topline numbers for the city and county stand without qualification, LAHSA’s report provided a confidence interval for the total count in its administrative area covering all of L.A. County except Glendale, Long Beach and Pasadena, which conduct their own counts.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
Backblaze's blog also highlighted the large confidence intervals in the table caused by the limited drive days for those SSDs.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2023
On a minor note, these results also confirm a pre-agricultural origin for the dog, with a divergence of ~11-16 thousand years B.P. across the 95% confidence interval.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 9 June 2013
Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2023
Interested parties can also dig into the raw data of tens of thousands of human prompt/response ratings for themselves or examine more detailed statistics, such as direct pairwise win rates between models and confidence interval ranges for those Elo estimates.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 13 Dec. 2023
Organizations like the International Whaling Commission (IWC) provide an estimate with a confidence interval.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 26 Oct. 2023
In all, the modeling estimated that COVID-19 vaccination prevented 3.25 million deaths, with a 95-percent confidence interval of 3.1 million to 3.4 million.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 Dec. 2022
The difference in infertility rates in high-income versus low-income countries is not statistically significant, Mburu said, due to overlapping confidence intervals and data gaps from certain global regions.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 Apr. 2023
While letting its topline numbers for the city and county stand without qualification, LAHSA’s report provided a confidence interval for the total count in its administrative area covering all of L.A. County except Glendale, Long Beach and Pasadena, which conduct their own counts.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
Backblaze's blog also highlighted the large confidence intervals in the table caused by the limited drive days for those SSDs.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2023
On a minor note, these results also confirm a pre-agricultural origin for the dog, with a divergence of ~11-16 thousand years B.P. across the 95% confidence interval.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 9 June 2013
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