Are confidence intervals better termed "uncertainty intervals"?

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作者：
Gelman, Andrew [1 ]
Greenland, Sander [2 ,3 ]
机构：
[1] Columbia Univ, New York, NY 10027 USA
[2] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Epidemiol, Los Angeles, CA USA
[3] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Stat, Los Angeles, CA USA
来源：
BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL | 2019年 / 366卷
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D O I：
10.1136/bmj.l5381
中图分类号：
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号：
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要：
Debate abounds about how to describe weaknesses in statistics. Andrew Gelman has no confidence in the term "confidence interval," but Sander Greenland doesn't find "uncertainty interval" any better and argues instead for "compatibility interval" © Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to.
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