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Wilson score interval

Wilson score interval noun: an improvement over the normal binomial approximation interval in that the actual coverage probability is closer to the nominal value.

Noun

Wilson score interval (plural Wilson score intervals)

  1. An improvement over the normal binomial approximation interval in that the actual coverage probability is closer to the nominal value.

Forms of Wilson score interval

pluralWilson score intervals

Origin of Wilson score interval

Developed by Edwin Bidwell Wilson (1927).

Questions about Wilson score interval

What does Wilson score interval mean?
Wilson score interval means an improvement over the normal binomial approximation interval in that the actual coverage probability is closer to the nominal value.
What part of speech is Wilson score interval?
Wilson score interval is a noun.
What is the plural of Wilson score interval?
The plural of Wilson score interval is Wilson score intervals.

Words near Wilson score interval in the dictionary

  1. Wilson cycle
  2. Wilson Doctrine
  3. Wilson Islands
  4. Wilson loop
  5. Wilson loops
  6. Wilson score interval
  7. Wilson score intervals
  8. Wilson snipe
  9. Wilson's bird of paradise
  10. Wilson's birds of paradise
  11. Wilson's disease

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