A note on confidence interval estimation and margin of error

Journal of Statistics Education

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Gilliland, Dennis ^a   Melfi, Vince ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence interval estimation; Interpretations; Margin of error; Misinterpretations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955505899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10691898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10691898.2010.11889474     Document Type: Article

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