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Confidence Interval

A confidence interval (CI) is a range of values, calculated from sample data, that likely contains the true population parameter. Introduced by Jerzy Neyman in 1937, it provides an interval estimate rather than a single point estimate, incorporating both the observed value and the uncertainty around it. The standard 95% confidence interval is a robust, intuitive alternative to p-values for communicating research results.

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  1. Neyman, J. (1937). Outline of a Theory of Statistical Estimation Based on the Classical Theory of Probability. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 236, 333–380. DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1937.0005
  2. Altman, D. G., Machin, D., Bryant, T. N., & Gardner, M. J. (1989). Statistics with Confidence. British Medical Journal. ISBN: 0-7279-0222-X
  3. Cumming, G. (2014). The New Statistics: Why and How. Psychological Science, 25(1), 7–29. DOI: 10.1177/0956797613504966

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ScholarGateConfidence Interval (Confidence Interval Estimation and Interpretation in Statistical Inference). Retrieved 2026-06-04 from https://scholargate.app/en/research-statistics/confidence-interval