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[feature request] Confidence interval instead of standard deviation #16

Closed RomanHauksson closed 2 weeks ago

RomanHauksson commented 3 months ago

I'm grateful to be able to specify when I have uncertainty about the size of a dose, but I don't have good intuition for translating my feeling of uncertainty into a standard deviation. Instead, I'd like to specify a dose range with a percentage confidence – for example, "I'm 80% confident my cup of coffee had between 50 and 130 miligrams of caffeine". This could then be translated into parameters for a given probability distribution.

isaakhanimann commented 3 months ago

I don't think its mathematically possible to convert your statement into a probability distribution. However I could convert the standard deviation definition into multiple statements like yours that are easier to understand. E.g. 10 +- 2 becomes "68% confidence that its 8-12" or "95% confidence that its 6-14"

isaakhanimann commented 2 weeks ago

I just added this