To clarify the kind of information conveyed by a level of confidence, Thompson (2007) stated, CIs are

Question:

To clarify the kind of information conveyed by a level of confidence, Thompson (2007) stated, "CIs are extremely useful because they convey not only our point estimate, but also, via the width of the intervals, something about the precision of our estimates" (p. 427). What is the name of the estimate that conveys the width of the intervals?