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Upper bound (American Community Survey)

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-002041

Represents the high end of the 90 percent confidence interval of an estimate from a sample survey. Statisticians calculate that they are 90 percent confident that the true number falls between the upper and lower bounds.

Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-002041",
  "term": "Upper bound (American Community Survey)",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "Represents the high end of the 90 percent confidence interval of an estimate from a sample survey. Statisticians calculate that they are 90 percent confident that the true number falls between the upper and lower bounds.",
  "see_also": [
    "Confidence interval (American Community Survey)",
    "Estimates (American Community Survey and Census 2000 Supplementary Survey)",
    "Lower bound (American Community Survey)",
    "Sample data"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/upper-bound-american-community-survey/"
}

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