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95% c.i. for % Watched 3+ Hours of TV (School Day)

Short Definition: 95% c.i. for % watched 3+ hours of TV (school day)

Long Definition:

95% confidence interval for % of students reporting they watched television 3 or more hours per day on an average school day.

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: TV


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