interval estimate

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noun Statistics.

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

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How to use interval estimate in a sentence

Should capability delivery experience additional changes, this estimate will be revised appropriately.
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There have been at least 50 cases similar to the bathhouse raid in the last 18 months, human-rights groups estimate.
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Just a month from that date, he now no longer believes that to be realistic, and will no longer estimate a timeline for the trial.
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The interval between possession and hell was short,” he says, “though I admit it was wonderful.
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Experts we spoke with said this is a glaring caveat that makes it difficult to create a national estimate from the results.
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Drowned every few seconds by our tremendous salvoes, this more nervous noise crept back insistently into our ears in the interval.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
As company after company appeared, we were able to form a pretty exact estimate of their numbers.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
It is impossible to form a just estimate of the Bible without some knowledge of ancient history and comparative mythology.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
The song stopped abruptly, the music died away, there was an interval of silence no one broke.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
This short interval had more than sufficed for De Lucenay's mysterious operations.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various

British Dictionary definitions for interval estimate

interval estimate

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 statisticsCompare point estimate

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