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	To Give or Not to Give: The Crisis of Confidence in Charities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Confidence clearly affects the public's willingness to donate time and money, shapes the political and regulatory environment that governs charitable organizations, and has at least some influence on morale within the charitable workforce.
		Confidence slipped when charities were slow to respond after 9/11, and it has been battered in the past year by scandals.
		Although confidence edged up slightly in the October 2003 survey, the change is well within the plus-or-minus 3 percent margin of error that comes from using random samples of Americans to represent the population as a whole.
	www.brookings.edu /comm/reformwatch/rw07.htm (2046 words)

	Confidence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For instance, one might have confidence in the police to protect them, or may have confidence that a sports team will win a game.
		Confidence in the face of danger is also known as fearlessness.
		Confidence: When the anxiety is at an optimum level, you are at your best.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Confidence (466 words)

	Confidence interval - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		and we have a theoretical (stochastic) 90% confidence interval for μ.
		Confidence intervals are generally a frequentist method, i.e., employed by those who interpret "90% probability" as "occurring in 90% of all cases".
		An approximate confidence interval for a population mean can be constructed for random variables that are not normally distributed in the population, relying on the central limit theorem, if the sample sizes and counts are big enough.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Confidence_interval (2752 words)

	Washington State Department of Health - Assessment Guidelines: Confidence Intervals
		Confidence intervals provide a means of assessing and reporting the precision of a point estimate, such as a mortality or hospitalization rate or a frequency of reported behaviors.
		A confidence interval is a range of values that is normally used to describe the uncertainty around a point estimate of a quantity, for example, a mortality rate.
		Confidence intervals are calculated with a stated probability (say 95%), and we say that there is a 95% chance that the confidence interval covers the true value.
	www.doh.wa.gov /Data/Guidelines/ConfIntguide.htm (2698 words)

	Confidence Club: Social Confidence
		Social confidence is the quality which enables us to remain true to ourselves whilst interacting with individuals or small groups of people.
		Confidence Club has developed a hypnotherapy CD which focuses on the five key attributes necessary to transform your social confidence.
		True social confidence is not reflected in brash behaviour, but in a sense of inner security which enables the individual to respond naturally and openly in any situation.
	www.confidenceclub.net /content/socialconfidence.php (1258 words)

	New View of Statistics: Confidence Limits
		The 95% confidence limits are 0.52 and 0.79, which means that there's a 95% chance that the correlation between more-or-less all healthy undergraduate females is between 0.52 and 0.79.
		The confidence interval is the length of the line between the limits.
		If the confidence interval was 0.02 to 0.10, you'd be satisfied that the tests were really different statistically, and you'd then have to decide whether the better validity was worth the hassle.
	www.sportsci.org /resource/stats/generalize.html (3162 words)

	Confidence Intervals
		A 95% confidence interval for the mean yield of corn from farms using integrated pest management is 142.7 to 153.9 bushels per acre.
		We are 95% confident that mean caloric intake of infants of low-income mothers receiving WIC assistance is 80 to 200 kcal per day greater than that of infants of low-income mothers who do not receive assistance.
		Similarly, a 90% confidence interval is an interval generated by a process that's right 90% of the time and a 99% confidence interval is an interval generated by a process that's right 99% of the time.
	www.tufts.edu /~gdallal/ci.htm (1748 words)

	Confidence limits
		Setting 95% confidence limits means that if you took repeated random samples from a population and calculated the mean and confidence limits for each sample, the confidence interval for 95% of your samples would include the parametric mean.
		For example, the confidence limits on 0.10 with a sample size of 20 are -0.03 to 0.23, which is ridiculous (you couldn't have less than zero percent of men being color-blind).
		I consider confidence limits for proportions that are based on the normal approximation to be obsolete; there is no reason not to use the confidence interval based on the binomial distribution.
	udel.edu /~mcdonald/statconf.html (851 words)

	Alessandra.com - Assuring Customer Satisfaction
		Having confidence in specific situations, such as in gaining influence with someone, would flow from a general self-confidence about your ability to meet life's challenges.
		You can fake confidence, and you may need to at first, but real self-confidence comes from a history of small victories and accomplishments that add up to a sense that you can handle yourself well in most every situation.
		Confidence is indispensable if you want to engage someone's attention.
	www.alessandra.com /freeresources/confidence.asp (301 words)

	Confidence
		Let's start by sorting out what confidence actually is. In simple terms self-confidence is the degree to which you believe in your ability to be successful.
		On the other hand your confidence may be higher if you push yourself and you are clear about where you are going and what you need to do to achieve your goals.
		If you think that confidence is an issue in your training and performance, don't leave it to chance and hope that it will improve, get to work by improving your mental training.
	ebasic.easily.co.uk /053026/027044/Confidence.htm (464 words)

	Confidence principle
		For the other person to be confident in their decision to agree, all of your messages, verbal and non-verbal, must align.
		A more powerful confidence is that which is quiet and confident enough in oneself to embrace the paradox of being open when you are unsure about something (which acts as the exception that proves that you are truly confident the rest of the time).
		Confidence in other people starts with confidence in yourself and with your overall beliefs about people.
	changingminds.org /principles/confidence.htm (532 words)

	Estimations With Confidence
		In practice, a confidence interval is used to express the uncertainty in a quantity being estimated.
		While the confidence interval for the mean is applicable to any population even with discrete random variables, such as proportion, the other two confidence intervals required testing for normality in order to be valid.
		As an alternative to direct test of hypothesis for the Mean and the Variance one may use a two-sided or one-sided confidence interval to test a hypothesis with a two-sided or one sided alternative hypothesis, respectively.
	home.ubalt.edu /ntsbarsh/Business-stat/otherapplets/Esteem.htm (516 words)

	Confidence Intervals for Two Populations
		Since the Confidence Intervals (CI) are the duals of tests of hypothesis, one may use CI for testing too.
		While the confidence interval for the means is applicable to any unimodal population even with discrete random variables, such as proportion (provided there is sufficient observations), however, the confidence interval for variances required testing for normality in order to be valid.
		Therefore, as an alternative to direct test of hypothesis, one may use a two-sided or one-sided confidence interval to test a hypothesis with a two-sided or one sided alternative hypothesis, respectively.
	home.ubalt.edu /ntsbarsh/Business-stat/otherapplets/EsteemI.htm (444 words)

	confidence. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
		Of, relating to, or involving a swindle or fraud: a confidence scheme; a confidence trickster.
		confidence, assurance, aplomb, self-confidence, self-possession These nouns denote a feeling of emotional security resulting from faith in oneself.
		Confidence is a firm belief in one's powers, abilities, or capacities: “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face” (Eleanor Roosevelt).
	www.bartleby.com /61/5/C0560500.html (300 words)

	You Can Be More Confident
		A confident woman is not afraid to be herself.
		Confidence radiates from a deep center--a knowing that you are valuable.
		Confidence is not clothes or a haircut or expensive jewelry, it's an attitude.
	www.christianwomentoday.com /growth/confidence.html (844 words)

	Confidence by Deepak Chandrasekaran
		With confidence we can portray the finer points of our personality in such a way that the places where we do lack are never highlighted.
		Confidence should glow in us only till the point where our personality is boosted.
		Confidence is all about being cool, calm and composed.
	www.boloji.com /individuality/06007.htm (430 words)

	Statistics Glossary - Confidence Intervals
		A confidence interval gives an estimated range of values which is likely to include an unknown population parameter, the estimated range being calculated from a given set of sample data.
		Confidence intervals are usually calculated so that this percentage is 95%, but we can produce 90%, 99%, 99.9%, confidence intervals for the unknown parameter.
		Confidence limits are the lower and upper boundaries / values of a confidence interval, that is, the values which define the range of a confidence interval.
	www.cas.lancs.ac.uk /glossary_v1.1/confint.html (741 words)

	Angela Jullings
		Confidence to have vision, goals, ambition, motivation and the confidence in yourself to put your goals in motion.
		A lack of confidence can sometimes be a temporary state, where, perhaps, life experiences have taken their toll – perhaps an unexpected redundancy or the end of a relationship.
		Some people are dogged by a lack of confidence and low self-esteem and it seems to have been that way as far back as they can remember.
	www.angelajullings.com /conditions_treated_Confidence.asp (921 words)

	Confidence
		Confidence is the realistic expectation of success or of achieving one’s goals.
		Confidence is an expression of one’s perceived self-worth.
		Confidence in sport is related to past experiences within and outside of sport.
	www.arniebakercycling.com /handouts/hp_confidence.htm (163 words)

	Confidence
		Self confidence is a belief that we have a fundamental ability to manage our life.
		Self confidence is fortified whenever we achieve goals, so the goals we create must be ones that present an appropriate amount of challenge.
		We show our self confidence by being comfortable and relaxed, using body language that is expressive and assertive, not defensive or aggressive, talking about ourselves as if we are capable, and showing a warm smile and a firm handshake.
	members.tripod.com /david_gregory/confidence.htm (574 words)

	Amazon.ca: Confidence : Stories: Books: Melanie Little (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The cover is bright with happy children: on Confidence, a ten-year-old girl, coat and hat on, looks back at the reader with a smile, as she holds her pair of white skates.
		This is not to say that these stories aren’t worth reading, but the false impression given by the covers is irritating.
		Little plays fearlessly with time sequence and time span-and her stories are remarkable for the kind of kinetic editing that cuts up the traditional narrative into sharp pieces of a puzzle.
	www.amazon.ca /Confidence-Stories-Melanie-Little/dp/0887621198 (1006 words)

	Quotes about Confidence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It is a matter of a special holy war (jihad), which is carried out under the command of the master and according to the rules which he prescribes.
		One cannot have confidence in a spiritual combat carried on in the absence of the master, except in very exceptional cases.
		The dispositions of beings are varied, their temperaments are very different one from another and something which is profitable for one can be harmful for another.
	www.zaadz.com /quotes/topics/confidence (884 words)

	BBC- One Life - Personal - Confidence - Intro
		Confidence often seems like some secret ability a few lucky people are born with, but really it's all about self-belief and valuing yourself as an individual.
		Not many people realise that being confident is a skill you can learn, and we've got suggestions for getting, improving and keeping your self-esteem.
		One of the biggest causes of a crisis in confidence is bullying.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio1/onelife/personal/confidence/confidence_intro.shtml (160 words)

	Confidence Intervals
		The confidence interval shouldn’t be interpreted as a probability.
		If samples of the same size are drawn repeatedly from a population, and a confidence interval is calculated from each sample, then 95% of these intervals should contain the population mean.
		Understanding Confidence Intervals is an activity which helps students understand confidence intervals.
	exploringdata.cqu.edu.au /conf_int.htm (190 words)

	Confidence (2003) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Therefore, my job is to convert those who escaped 'Confidence' in the multiplexes and convince them to view it on DVD.
		'Confidence' stars the personable Edward Burns as Jake Vig, a confident con artist who heads up a gang of trickery-consumed swindlers.
		Contrary to popular belief, 'Confidence' is one you should be confined to.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0310910 (504 words)

	Strong Bank Confidence Continues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The strong confidence is supported by all banks recording stronger revenue flows and particularly interest income, which for the first half of 2004 was constrained by falling margins on the back of lower interest rates.
		Beginning in the second half of 2004, banks have offset the lower interest rates with much stronger business volumes, and this is supported by the strong gains in property prices which have been regularly reported in the media, and continuing strong vehicle sales figures.
		Although confidence in Merchant and Investment banks is equally bullish, this is not being driven by demand for debt, which remains weak in the corporate sector.
	www.ey.com /global/content.nsf/South_Africa/10_Oct_05_Strong_Bank_Confidence_Continues (1030 words)

	confidence - Definitions from Dictionary.com
		in confidence, as a secret or private matter, not to be divulged or communicated to others; with belief in a person's sense of discretion: I told him in confidence.
		Confidence, assurance both imply a faith in oneself.
		Confidence may imply trust in oneself or arrogant self-conceit.
	dictionary.reference.com /search?q=confidence (427 words)

	Confidence Quotes - The Quotations Page
		Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.
		You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.
		You can be confident and secure and know that you do a good job at what you do.
	www.quotationspage.com /subjects/confidence (342 words)

	Philippians Study #11: An Example of Confidence
		We have available to us the confidence that is in Christ, but going back to the story of the Civil War veteran approaching President Lincoln's office, it is very conceivable, even though historians and the storytellers have not recorded it for us, that that soldier may have been very nervous with the president's son.
		He had reason to have perfect confidence, but it is conceivable that he was not aware of the basis for his confidence.
		All of the things that could have given confidence, that are used to give confidence to human beings, Paul had.
	www.livingbiblestudies.org /study/TT2/011.html (5756 words)

	Amazon.com: Confidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End: Books: Rosabeth Moss Kanter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		"Confidence is the sweet spot between arrogance and despair--consisting of positive expectations for favorable outcomes." says Kanter, a Harvard Business School Professor and author of The Change Masters.
		Losing streaks are often created and then perpetuated when people lose confidence in their leaders and systems, while winning streaks are fueled by confident people who are secure in their own abilities and the ability of their leaders.
		Confidence, as argued by Rosabeth Kanter, is not a state, it is a trajectory.
	www.amazon.com /Confidence-Winning-Streaks-Losing-Begin/dp/1400052904 (2799 words)

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