confidence interval

English

Noun

confidence interval (plural confidence intervals)

1. (statistics) A range defined such that there is a fixed probability that the value of the measured parameter will fall within the range.

Related terms

• confidence level

Translations

a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter

• Dutch: betrouwbaarheidsinterval (nl) n
• Estonian: usaldusvahemik
• Finnish: luottamusväli (fi)
• French: intervalle de confiance m
• German: Konfidenzintervall n, Vertrauensbereich m, Mutungsintervall n
• Hungarian: megbízhatósági intervallum
• Indonesian: selang kepercayaan
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• Italian: intervallo di confidenza m, intervallo di fiducia m
• Norwegian: konfidensintervall n
• Portuguese: intervalo de confiança m
• Romanian: interval de încredere n
• Spanish: intervalo de confianza m
• Swedish: konfidensintervall (sv) n

Further reading

• confidence interval on Wikipedia.Wikipedia