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95% c.i. for % Did Not Attend Daily P.E. Classes

Short Definition: 95% c.i. for % did not attend daily P.E. classes

Long Definition:

95% confidence interval for % of students reporting they did not attend physical education classes for 5 days in an average week when they were in school.

Agency Source: CDC

Time Period(s):
Calendar Year 2003,  2005,  2007,  2009,  2011,  2013

Geographies: U.S. States

Data Type: String

Purpose:

A confidence interval is a range of values within which the “true” percent lies. The YRBS is a random sample of students rather than a survey of all students, so confidence intervals are constructed. A 95% confidence interval means that if a survey were repeated many times (in all probability each survey would have different schools randomly selected) the “true” percent would fall within the interval 95% of the time.

Limitations:

These data represent results from a survey. Be wary of interpreting data when there are large confidence intervals around the estimates.

Universe:

Tags: Exercise


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