Use correct confidence interval #21216
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…216-on-v3.5.x Backport PR #21216 on branch v3.5.x (Use correct confidence interval)
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DOC: Use correct confidence interval in example prose
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PR Summary
Correct the confidence interval corresponding to 3 standard deviations in 2-D. The value is taken from this paper — see Eq. 19.
The paper includes a table which gives confidence levels for different numbers of standard deviations (their "Magnification factor"):
I think, with this robust reference, we could improve upon #19074. Thanks for the support @CarstenSchelp.
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pytestpasses).flake8on changed files to check).flake8-docstringsand runflake8 --docstring-convention=all).doc/users/next_whats_new/(follow instructions in README.rst there).doc/api/next_api_changes/(follow instructions in README.rst there).