confidence interval
noun Statistics.
the interval bounded by confidence limits.
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interval estimation.
Origin of confidence interval
First recorded in 1930–35
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British Dictionary definitions for confidence interval
confidence interval
noun
statistics
an interval of values bounded by confidence limits within which the true value of a population parameter is stated to lie with a specified probability