Wilson score interval

noun

An improvement over the normal binomial approximation interval in that the actual coverage probability is closer to the nominal value.

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Meanings

nounWilson score interval (plural Wilson score intervals)

plural Wilson score intervals

  1. mathematicsAn improvement over the normal binomial approximation interval in that the actual coverage probability is closer to the nominal value.

Origin

Developed by Edwin Bidwell Wilson (1927).

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Wilson score interval. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wilson%20score%20interval

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wilson score interval,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wilson%20score%20interval.

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