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A definition or brief description of Confidence interval.

the range of a random variable, such as the mean of a sample, that — with a specified probability — contains the true value for the population.

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	A range (of a random variable) that — with a specified probability — contains the true value.		the range of a random variable, such as the mean of a sample, that — with a specified probability — contains the true value for the population.