Preferred term
confidence interval
Definition
- [OBCS] A quantitative confidence value that refers to an interval give values within which there is a high probability (95 percent by convention) that the true population value can be found. The calculation of a confidence interval considers the standard deviation of the data and the number of observations. Thus, a confidence interval narrows as the number of observations increases, or its variance (dispersion) decreases.
Broader concept
Creator
- nsb@ceh.ac.uk
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/10130