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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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“When you go in that setting, you take players from all different organizations and you kind of throw them all together and we’re not quite used to that sometimes. Your routines, your program gets a little bit out of whack and it’s just less comfortable. It’s what the structure does. It creates a confidence level and a comfort level.”

From Seattle Times

The margin of error was plus or minus 2.8 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.

From Washington Times

They said the study has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.

From Washington Times

The margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.

From Washington Times

The margin of error was plus or minus 2.99% at the 95% confidence level.

From Washington Times

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