Confidence interval

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The Confidence interval is 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."[1]

In large samples, calculations for the confidence interval for rates and proportions may be based on the normal distribution.[2][3]

For small samples, calculations should be made using the binomial distribution or the Poisson distribution.

References

  1. ↑ Anonymous (2024), Confidence interval (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. ↑ Fleiss, Joseph L. (1973). Statistical methods for rates and proportions. New York: Wiley, 13. ISBN 0-471-26370-2. 
  3. ↑ Cochran, William Cox; Snedecor, George W. (1980). Statistical methods. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 118. ISBN 0-8138-1560-6. 

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