an interval of values bounded by confidence limits within which the true value of a population parameter is stated to lie with a specified probability
Examples of 'confidence interval' in a sentence
confidence interval
The confidence interval was 95%.
Frederico Barra Moraes, Lindomar Guimarães de Oliveira, Pierre de Souza Novais, MuriloRodrigues Melo, Mara Lúcia Rassi Guimarães 2011, 'Correlação entre a ultrassonometria óssea do calcâneo e a densitometria em mulherespós-menopausadas com fraturas por fragilidade óssea Correlation between calcanealbone ultrasound measurements and densitometry among postmenopausal women with fracturescaused by bone fragility', Revista Brasileira de Ortopediahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162011000200004. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The confidence interval analysis confirmed the savings.
Giuseppe Giudice, Angela Filoni, Giulio Maggio, Domenico Bonamonte, Michelangelo Vestita 2017, 'Cost Analysis of a Novel Enzymatic Debriding Agent for Management of Burn Wounds',BioMed Research Internationalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9567498. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Prevalence was calculated with 95% confidence interval.
Moacir Alves Borges, Li Li Min, Carlos A.M. Guerreiro, Elza M.T. Yacubian, José A.Cordeiro, Waldir A. Tognola, Ana Paula P. Borges, Dirce Maria T. Zanetta 2004, 'Urban prevalence of epilepsy: populational study in São José do Rio Preto, a medium-sizedcity in Brazil Prevalência urbana da epilepsia: estudo populacional em São José doRio Preto - cidade de médio porte do Brasil', Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatriahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2004000200002. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A confidence interval of 95% was used.
Mirelli Dantas Andrade, Maria Camila Pruper de Freitas, Alyne Mayumi Sakumoto, CarolinePappiani, Samantha Caesar de Andrade, Viviane Laudelino Vieira, Nágila Raquel TeixeiraDamasceno 2016, 'Association of the conicity index with diabetes and hypertension in Brazilian women',Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolismhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2359-39972016000500436&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)