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Descriptor English: Confidence Intervals
Descriptor Spanish: Intervalos de Confianza
Descriptor intervalos de confianza
Scope note: Recorrido de valores de una variable de interés, por ejemplo, un índice, construido de tal modo que tenga una probabilidad específica de incluir al valor real de la variable
Descriptor Portuguese: Intervalos de Confiança
Descriptor French: Intervalles de confiance
Entry term(s): Confidence Interval
Interval, Confidence
Intervals, Confidence
Tree number(s): E05.318.740.275
N05.715.360.750.220
N06.850.520.830.275
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016001
Scope note: A range of values for a variable of interest, e.g., a rate, constructed so that this range has a specified probability of including the true value of the variable.
Annotation: usually NIM
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Previous Indexing: Data Interpretation, Statistical (1988-1989)
Statistics (1972-1989)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under STATISTICS 1990
History Note: 91(90); was see under STATISTICS 1990
DeCS ID: 24584
Unique ID: D016001
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/05/25
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Confidence Intervals - Preferred
Concept UI M0024462
Scope note A range of values for a variable of interest, e.g., a rate, constructed so that this range has a specified probability of including the true value of the variable.
Preferred term Confidence Intervals
Entry term(s) Confidence Interval
Interval, Confidence
Intervals, Confidence



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