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the probability that a random variable will lie within a chosen ''confidence interval''.
 
the probability that the true value of a random variable lies within the estimated (or predicted) ''confidence interval''.

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Confidence level [r]:

the probability that the true value of a random variable lies within the estimated (or predicted) confidence interval.