| 释义 | confidence limit noun[ C ]
 mathematics specializeduk /ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns ˌlɪm.ɪt/ us /ˈkɑːn.fə.dəns ˌlɪm.ɪt/
 in statistics, one of the two values(= numbers) at either end of a confidence interval :
 The largest upper 95 percent confidence limit was 2.11.
 The reason for saying "apparent drop" is that no confidence limits are mentioned.
 another word forconfidence interval
 It yielded an odds ratio of 2.35 (95% confidence limits, 1.37 to 4.02).
 The 95 per cent confidence limits were calculated with the Greenwood formula for variance.
 A large test of 6800 seeds provided an estimate of 0.888 (95% confidence limit from 0.881 to 0.896).
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