Prediction interval

How it is used

Distinguish future-value uncertainty from uncertainty about an average.

Example sentences

1. The prediction interval for a new school's score was wider than the interval for the mean.

   A new observation includes additional variability.

2. The meta-analysis reported a prediction interval for effects in a future setting.

   The range concerns possible effects beyond the current studies.

Common collocations

• calculate a prediction interval
• wide prediction interval

Related terms

• meta-analysisA statistical method that combines the results of many independent studies on the same question to produce an overall estimate of an effect.
• statistical analysisThe examination of data using statistical methods to describe patterns, test ideas, and estimate relationships or differences.

More terms: Data and Analysis

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• findings
• analysis
• significant
• draw a conclusion
• correlation
• thematic analysis
• account for
• interpret
• dataset
• mean
• standard deviation