Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Confidence Intervals

A range of values for a variable of interest, e.g., a rate, constructed so that this range has a specified probability of including the true value of the variable.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

A range of values for a variable of interest, e.g., a rate, constructed so that this range has a specified probability of including the true value of the variable.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Confidence Interval
  • Interval, Confidence
  • Intervals, Confidence

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Indexing Annotation

usually NIM

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History Note

91(90); was see under STATISTICS 1990

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Previous Indexing

  • Data Interpretation, Statistical (1988-1989)
  • Statistics (1972-1989)

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  1. E05.318w.740w.275w
  2. N05.715w.360.750w.220w
  3. N06.850w.520w.830w.275w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Confidence Intervals. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016001. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016001
  2. Confidence Intervals. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_interval
  3. Confidence Intervals. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208498