The difference between the sample statistic and actual value of the population parameter is the percentage of the confidence interval.

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The confidence interval represents a range of values that contains the population parameter with a certain degree of certainty. The difference between the sample statistic and the actual value of the population parameter is the sampling error, which is not necessarily related to the width or percentage of the confidence interval.

The Difference Between the Sample Statistic and Actual Value of the Population