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confidence limits Etymology: L, confidere, to rely on; L, limes, limit the endpoints or boundaries of a confidence interval, delineating the minimum and maximum values of the range expected to contain the parameter. confidence degree of assurance. confidence interval a range of values about a sample statistic that has a specified probability of including the true value of the statistic. confidence level 1 minus the type 1 error; the probability that the trial under consideration will show no significant difference when there is in fact no significant difference between the treatments. confidence limits the highest and lowest values in a confidence interval. confidence limits Medical privacy The endpoints–minimum or maximum value–of a confidence interval, the range over which it can be stated with a given probability or 'degree of confidence', that a parameter of
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In general, when sufficient numbers of oysters were present within a size category, 95% confidence limits were in the range of [+ or 2] mm, but when fewer than 10 oysters were present in a category, error bars could be very large. 001) despite wide confidence limits (95% confidence interval [CI] 3. 2] 101 48 Dust Total [micro]g/g 101 48 Hair Total [micro]g/g 79 88 DW As(V) ng/mL 85 47 DW Total ng/ml 102 49 Urine, DMA ng/mL 82 83 day 3 Total ng/mL 79 83 Urine, DMA ng/mL 86 82 day 5 Total ng/mL 83 79 Urine, DMA ng/mL 83 80 day 7 Total ng/mL 83 80 95% confidence limits Study Media As Form Median 75th 90th Mean R5 Food Total 7. |
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