Understanding Confidence Intervals With Visual Representations [English]

In the present paper, we showed how confidence intervals (CIs) are valuable and useful in research studies when they are used in the correct form with correct interpretations. The sixth edition of the APA (2010) Publication Manual strongly recommended reporting CIs in research studies, and it was described as “the best reporting strategy” (p. 34). Misconceptions and correct interpretations of CIs were presented from several textbooks. In addition, limitations of the null hypothesis statistical significance test (NHSST) were discussed, and using CIs was discussed as an alternative to the NHSST. Finally, the calculation and the visual representation of CIs for mean and effect size were illustrated to help readers comprehend the concept of CIs