Coverage

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-006833",
  "term": "Coverage",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The extent to which a program reaches its intended target population.\n\n2. The scope of the protection provided under a contract of an insurance policy.\n\n3. Confidence intervals are expected to enclose a true but unknown parameter according to a specified probability, such as 90% or 95%. This is the expected coverage of the confidence interval, given a specified significance level (alpha). The difference between the expected coverage and the actual coverage is one metric for evaluating statistical methods that yield different confidence intervals.",
  "subject": "Policy and guidance",
  "see_also": [
    "Confidence intervals",
    "Confidence Limits"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Program Evaluation Glossary",
    "Environmental Insurance and Risk Management Tools Glossary",
    "EPA Definitions of Terms Relevant to PRA and References for Further Reading at http://www.epa.gov/oswer/riskassessment/rags3adt/pdf/appendixe.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/coverage/"
}