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• An estimated range of values which is likely to include an unknown population parameter. The 95% (p-value = .05) and 99% (p-value = .01) confidence intervals are the most commonly used.

  If an estimated annual percentage change (APC) is -2.44 with a 95% confidence interval of (-2.83, -2.05), then we are 95% confident that the actual APC is between a decrease of -2.83% and a decrease of 2.05%. Inversely, there is still a 5% chance that the actual APC is not in the confidence interval (between the upper and lower confidence limits).

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Confidence Interval. (n.d.). Glossary of Statistical Terms. Retrieved March 30, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/confidence-interval.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Confidence Interval. seer.cancer.gov. Glossary of Statistical Terms. SEER Program. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/confidence-interval (accessed: March 30, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Confidence Interval." Glossary of Statistical Terms. SEER Program. 30 March. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/confidence-interval.

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