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  2. Binomial proportion confidence interval - Wikipedia

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    Given this observed proportion, the confidence interval for the true probability of the coin landing on heads is a range of possible proportions, which may or may not contain the true proportion. A 95% confidence interval for the proportion, for instance, will contain the true proportion 95% of the times that the procedure for constructing the ...

  3. Confidence interval - Wikipedia

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    Methods for calculating confidence intervals for the binomial proportion appeared from the 1920s. [6] [7] The main ideas of confidence intervals in general were developed in the early 1930s, [8] [9] [10] and the first thorough and general account was given by Jerzy Neyman in 1937.

  4. Population proportion - Wikipedia

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    Based on the conditions of inference and the formula for the one-sample proportion in the Z-interval, it can be concluded with a 95% confidence level that the percentage of the voter population in this democracy supporting candidate B is between 63.429% and 72.571%.

  5. 68–95–99.7 rule - Wikipedia

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    A weaker three-sigma rule can be derived from Chebyshev's inequality, stating that even for non-normally distributed variables, at least 88.8% of cases should fall within properly calculated three-sigma intervals. For unimodal distributions, the probability of being within the interval is at least 95% by the Vysochanskij–Petunin inequality ...

  6. Rule of three (statistics) - Wikipedia

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    The rule can then be derived [2] either from the Poisson approximation to the binomial distribution, or from the formula (1−p) n for the probability of zero events in the binomial distribution. In the latter case, the edge of the confidence interval is given by Pr(X = 0) = 0.05 and hence (1−p) n = .05 so n ln(1–p) = ln .05 ≈ −2

  7. Coverage probability - Wikipedia

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    In statistical estimation theory, the coverage probability, or coverage for short, is the probability that a confidence interval or confidence region will include the true value (parameter) of interest. It can be defined as the proportion of instances where the interval surrounds the true value as assessed by long-run frequency. [1]

  8. Confidence and prediction bands - Wikipedia

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    For example, f(x) might be the proportion of people of a particular age x who support a given candidate in an election. If x is measured at the precision of a single year, we can construct a separate 95% confidence interval for each age. Each of these confidence intervals covers the corresponding true value f(x) with confidence 0.

  9. Sample size determination - Wikipedia

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    To determine an appropriate sample size n for estimating proportions, the equation below can be solved, where W represents the desired width of the confidence interval. The resulting sample size formula, is often applied with a conservative estimate of p (e.g., 0.5): = / for n, yielding the sample size sample sizes for binomial proportions ...