confidence interval (CI)
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Introduction
An interval indicating numerically the range of uncertainty for the probability of a particular outcome.
As the width of the confidence interval decreases, the precision of a measurement or analysis increases.
Typically, the usage relates to the 95% confidence interval, i.e. the range of values for which you can be 95% confident that a particular value will lie within.
For example, reference intervals for laboratory tests are generally 95% confidence intervals.
Confidence intervals provide more information than p values because they present a plausible range of an event, allowing assessment of clinical significance[1]