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class interval

[¦klas ′int·ər·vəl]
(statistics)
One of several convenient intervals into which the values of the variate of a frequency distribution may be grouped.
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First, the accuracy of 'wide' and 'narrow' intervals for each variable was assessed by calculating the proportion of observed values that fell within the 'narrow' and 'wide' class intervals and producing exact binomial 95% confidence intervals (Cl) for each.
Analysis of density ranges with class intervals of 25 m shows (Fig.
In Case Study 1, podcasts accessed the most fell in the 11-21 and 21-30 class intervals, which accounted for 38% and 33% of total podcasts.
Summary data for author and article characteristics are included in the four tables that follow, collapsed into 4-year convenient class intervals to facilitate trend analysis.
Statistically, these count categories are count class intervals or bins with upper and lower limits expressed in C.
For this purpose, the number of intervals was determined by the equation proposed by Sturges: K = 1 + 3.322 log n, where K is the number of class intervals and n is the number of values in the data set.
Each of these variables was recorded for the students during their classes as a percent of the total class intervals.
Studies were divided into three class intervals (ie, three groups of studies of different levels of 'quality,' low, medium and high).

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