Are there any statisticians out there who can tell me
the difference (and when they should be used) between
95% confidence interval and 95% confidence limits. I
have been out of labs for over 6 years and I now
translate Spanish medical articles and it seems
everyone these days uses "95% confidence interval".
For example, "The crude prevalences of MS found were,
according to the WHO criteria, 35.3% (95% CI,
29.8-40.8), according to NCEP 20.2% (95% CI,
15.6-24.8) and according to EGIR 24.0% (95% CI,
19.1-28.9).
If this is correct, when should I use "confidence
limits"?
Thanks in advance
David Brown
David G Brown
Valencia
Espaņa
Tel 00 34 96 328 7207
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