HOW TO READ STATISTICAL TABLE FOR BINOMIAL, POISSON AND NORMAL

BINOMIAL & POISSON (DISCRETE)

Note ( is not equivalent to >, is not equivalent to <)
1.

P(X r) = Read from table

2.

P(X > r) = P(X r + 1)

3.

P(X < r) = 1 - P(X r)

4.

P(X r) =1 - P(X r +1)

5.

P(X =r) = P(X r) - P(X r + 1)

6.

P(r1 X r2) = P(X r1) - P(X r2 + 1)

7.

P(r1 < X < r2) = P(X r1+1) - P(X r2 )

8.

P(r1 < X r2) = P(X r1 +1 ) - P(X r2 + 1)

9.

P(r1 X < r2) = P(X r1) - P(X r2)

NORMAL (CONTINUOUS)
Note ( is equivalent to >, is equivalent to <)
1.

P(Z > a)= Read from table

2.

P(Z < -a) = P(Z > a)

3.

P(a < Z < b) = P(Z > a) P(Z b)

4.

P(-c < Z < -d) = P(Z > d) P(Z c)

5.

P(Z < e) = 1 P(Z e)

6.

P(Z > -f) = 1 P(Z f)

7.

P(-g < Z < h) = 1 - P(Z g) - P(Z h)

8.

P(|Z| < a) = 1 2P(Z a)

9.

P(|Z| > b) = 2 P( Z > b)

because symmetry