confidence level

British

noun

statistics a measure of the reliability of a result. A confidence level of 95 per cent or 0.95 means that there is a probability of at least 95 per cent that the result is reliable Compare significance

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What was perhaps most pleasing about Dent’s performance was his heightened confidence level.

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Still, this relationship is not statistically significant at the 95% confidence level that statisticians often use when assessing whether a pattern is genuine.

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In fact, none of the differences between the various columns in the chart is significant at the 95% confidence level that statisticians typically use when assessing whether a pattern is genuine.

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These differences are significant at the 95% confidence level that statisticians often use when assessing whether a pattern is genuine.

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The difference between Treasurys’ average November-December return and that of the all-month average is significant at the 95% confidence level that statisticians often use when assessing whether a pattern is genuine.

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