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(123, 456) is a 95% confidence interval for μ Third there is the parameter being estimated, That the confidence interval actually contains the parameter.Ī confidence interval has three elements. Probability (conventionally expressed as a percent, though this is archaic) The confidence level of a confidence interval is the If measurements were available for the whole population). (a number that could, in theory, be calculated from the population,
Confidence Intervals for the Population Mean.Computer Examples Textbook (Moore) Contents
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