FACT FIRST · ANALOGY SECOND
95% CI
Factual definition
A 95% confidence interval is produced by a method that, under its assumptions, would cover the true parameter in about 95% of repeated samples. It is not a 95% probability statement about this one fixed interval.
SATIRICAL ANALOGY — NOT A DEFINITION
A range of plausible precision, frequently summarized as one suspiciously confident number.
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