confidence limit

A Dictionary of Statistics;      8 words ...confidence limit The end point of a confidence interval .

ARX and other single genes in X-linked mental retardation: revisiting a...

Journal of Pediatric Neurology;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......mutation, giving a prevalence of 0.15% (95% confidence limit 0-0.45%; 95% confidence limit for prevalence was based on the Poisson...negative, and found six families (5%; 95% confidence limit 1-9%). In the light of the discovery of...

CORRECTION.

CPA Client Bulletin;  October 1, 1999 ;     47 words ...In the June issue of the CPA Client Bulletin, on page 2, an example discussed the maximum contribution that can he made by a self-employed person to a SEP IRA. The example incorrectly stated the amount was...

VOICE OF THE READERS

ASQ Six Sigma Forum Magazine;  February 1, 2004 ;     643 words ......the mean from Table 2 into Table 3. It looks like he wants to take the upper 95% confidence limit for the mean, add 3 sigma, lower the 95% confidence limit for the mean and then subtract 3 sigma to allow for the variation in the mean over...

New Carotid Wallstent may rival endarterectomy.

Internal Medicine News;  August 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ......event rate of 12.6%, with an upper confidence limit of 4%. This meant that if patients...event rate was 9.1%, with an upper confidence limit of 2.6%, producing an overall total...patients was 8.7%; with the upper confidence limit added the even rate was no higher...

Farmland bird populations good progress towards government target.

M2 Presswire;  April 4, 2005 ;     700+ words ......changes in the upper (95 percent) confidence limit; the middle line shows the actual...changes in the lower (95 percent) confidence limit. When all three lines are above zero...indicator) and the associated lower confidence limit (using a 95 confidence interval) are...

User attitudes toward corporate style guides: a survey.

Technical Communication;  August 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......had not responded. The sample size of 200 resulted in a confidence limit of [+ or -]6.4% (Lauer and Asher 1988). This means, for...and 66.4%. For this survey, [+ or -]6.4% is an acceptable confidence limit, considering that, for example, adding 100 more names to...

Improving poly(ethylene terephthalate)/high-density polyethylene blends by...

Polymer Engineering and Science;  March 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......Instron. A crosshead speed of 2 mm/min was used to evaluate the breaking strength (confidence limit: [+ or -]0,7MPa) and elongation at rupture (confidence limit: [+ or -] 1% in our experimental range). SEM Analysis of Surface Fractures One...

The verification of an analytical solution: An important engineering...

Journal of Engineering Education;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......the way that results obtained by other means are. In the example discussed here, the theory is unassailable, but, when reduced to...the determination of radiation view factors uncovered the example discussed here. The determination of view factors, which are also...

Markers of the validity of reported energy intake

The Journal of Nutrition;  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......comparison. Values of EI:BMR falling below the 95% confidence limit of agreement between these two measures signify...A formula for calculating the lower 95% confidence limit was proposed by Goldberg et al. (the Goldberg...

Sample size determination for interval estimation of multinomial...

The American Statistician;  August 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ......REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] is the lower confidence limit and [MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] is the upper confidence limit for the ith multinomial probability...samples of the size given by (11), confidence limit

Shoulders to the wheel.

Bandolier;  October 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......compared with saline injection (three studies) was 17, with a confidence limit which includes no benefit to any patient. For steroid plus...for success at four weeks or later was 33, again with a confidence limit which includes no benefit to any patient. On this basis...

deSigns of the Times Or, t-ing off.

Paint & Coatings Industry;  February 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......limits of the confidence range, as shown in Equations 2a and 2b. Lower Confidence Limit = [bar]X - [t.sub.cf,n-1] [square root of [s.sup.2]/n] Upper Confidence Limit = [bar]X + [t.sub.cf,n-1] [square root of [s.sup.2]/n] The population...

A media literary course for middle school students

et Cetera;  April 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......of the abstracting process, have been applied to media messages by several writers over the years. S. I. Hayakawa, for example, discussed journalism and advertising in several articles and books. Earl English of the University of Missouri and John Merrill have...

A media literacy course for middle school students.

ETC.: A Review of General Semantics;  March 22, 1996 ;     700+ words ......of the abstracting process, have been applied to media messages by several writers over the years. S. I. Hayakawa, for example, discussed journalism and advertising in several articles and books. Earl English of the University of Missouri and John Merrill have...