interval estimate

American

noun

Statistics.

the interval used as an estimate in interval estimation; a confidence interval.

interval estimate British

noun

statistics an interval within which the true value of a parameter of a population is stated to lie with a predetermined probability on the basis of sampling statistics Compare point estimate

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Using a 95 percent confidence level, compute a confidence interval estimate for the true proportion of adult residents of this city who have cell phones.

From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020

Unfortunately, there is no correction factor for cases where the sample size is small so np′ and nq' must always be greater than 5 to develop an interval estimate for p.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

Using a 95% confidence level, compute a confidence interval estimate for the true proportion of adult residents of this city who have cell phones.

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

The confidence level is often considered the probability that the calculated confidence interval estimate will contain the true population parameter.

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

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