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A confidence coefficient is "The Probability statement that accompanies a confidence interval and is equal to unity minus the associated type I error rate (false positive rate). A confidence coefficient of 0.10 implies that 90\% of the intervals resulting from repeated sampling of a population will include the unknown (true) population parameter (QAMS 1993, 6).
A Confidential Business Information (CBI) is Material that contains trade secrets or commercial or financial information that has been claimed as confidential by its source (e.g.
A Confidential Statement of Formula (CSF) is a list of the ingredients in a new pesticide or chemical formulation.
A Confined Aquifer is an Aquifer in which Ground Water is confined under pressure which is significantly greater than atmospheric pressure.
Confined ground water is Ground Water under pressure significantly greater than atmospheric, with its upper limit the bottom of a bed with hydraulic Conductivity distinctly lower than that of the material in which the confined water occurs.
A Confluent Growth is a continuous bacterial growth covering all or part of the filtration area of a membrane filter in which the Bacteria colonies are not discrete.
A conformal map projection is One of a class of map projections that preserves angular relationships between the map and the surface of the earth. At any point on the map, measurement