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 # ConfIntVariance
 An R package providing one function varwci ("variance with confidence interval") to surround the standard sample variance of the function "var" with a confidence interval containing the true variance with a probability of 95%.
 
+The validity of the confidence interval is confirmed by a coverage probability simulation study given in the examples in the documentation.
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 # Installation
 Download the relase tar.gz file and install with install.packages("ConfIntVariance_1.0.tar.gz")