@article {Valentine:1991:0015-749X:370, author = "Valentine, Harry T. and Furnival, George M. and Gregoire, Timothy G.", title = "Notes: Confidence Intervals from Single Observations in Forest Research", journal = "Forest Science", volume = "37", number = "1", year = "1991", abstract = "A procedure for constructing confidence intervals and testing hypotheses from a single trial or observation is reviewed. The procedure requires a prior, fixed estimate or guess of the outcome of an experiment or sampling. Two examples of applications are described: a confidence interval is constructed for the expected outcome of a systematic sampling of a forested tract, and a hypothesis is tested in connection with a watershed experiment. Potential misuses of the procedure also are discussed. For. Sci. 37(1):370-373.", pages = "370-373", url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/saf/fs/1991/00000037/00000001/art00030", keyword = "Hypothesis, significance test, systematic sampling, watershed experiment" }