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What is a confidence interval in statistics?

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In statistics, a confidence interval (CI) is a type of estimate computed from the statistics of the observed data. This proposes a range of plausible values for an unknown parameter (for example, the mean).
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What are Confidence Intervals in Statistics? By Saul McLeod, published June 10, 2019.

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The confidence interval (CI) is a range of values that's likely to include a population value with a certain degree of confidence. It is often expressed a % whereby a population means lies between an upper and lower interval. hope this helps you :)

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