Confidence Intervals
What Is a Confidence Interval?
A confidence interval is an estimated range of values which is likely to include an unknown population parameter. The 95% (p-value = .05) is used on this web site.
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A confidence interval is an estimated range of values which is likely to include an unknown population parameter. The 95% (p-value = .05) is used on this web site.