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Chapter Seven
Confidence Intervals
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McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Confidence Intervals
7.1
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x z/2
x z/2
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s
n
x z 0.025
s
0.7992
31.5531 1.960
n
49
31.5531 0.2238 [31.33, 31.78]
x z 0.005
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s
0.7992
31.5531 2.575
n
49
31.5531 0.2940 [31.26, 31.85]
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x t /2
s
n
t /2is the t point giving a right-hand tail area of /2 under the t curve
x t 0.025
s
0.1921
1.3433 2.145
n
15
z /2
n=
B
will yield an estimate of
confidence.
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, precise
x to within B units of , with 100(1-)
p z/2
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p (1 p )
n 1
p (1 p )
(0.175)(0.825)
0.175 1.960
n 1
200 1
0.175 0.053 [0.122, 0.228]
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z/2
n = p(1 - p)
x z/ 2
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s
n
N-n
N
p z/2
p(1 - p) N - n
n -1 N
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Confidence Intervals
Summary
: Large Sample Confidence Intervals for a
7.1
Population Mean
7.2 Small Sample Confidence Intervals for a
Population Mean
7.3 Sample Size Determination
7.4 Confidence Intervals for a Population Proportion
7.5* Confidence Intervals for Parameters of Finite
Populations
7.6* An Introduction to Survey Sampling
7.7* A Comparison of Confidence Intervals and
Tolerance Intervals
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