FORMULA SHEET

(i)

Additive rule of probability:

P( A B) P( A) P( B) P( A B)
(ii)

Multiplication rule of probability:

P( A B) P( A) P( B | A) P( B) P( A | B)

(iii)

The conditional probability of B, given that A has already occurred:

P( A B)
P( B)

P( A | B)

(iv)

if

P( B) 0

If X ~ BIN (n; p) ,

P( X x) n C x p x (1 p) n x
(v)

If X ~ POI ( )

P( X x)

(vi)

x 0,1,2,...., n

e x
x!

x 0,1,2,.....

If X ~ N ( , 2 )

~ N (0, 1)
n

xi
n
xi2 i 1

n
s 2 i 1
n 1

(vii)

Sample Variance

(viii)

Sampling distribution for sample mean

X ~ N ,
n

(ix)

(1 )100% Confidence Interval for

x Z

x Z

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(x)

Test Statistic

(xi)

Test Statistic

(xii)

Test statistic

x
s
n
( x1 x 2 ) ( 1 2 )

12
n1

(xiii) Test statistic:

n2

( x1 x 2 ) ( 1 2 )
s12 s 22

n1 n2

S XX x

(xv)

SYY y

(xvi)

S XY xy

x y
n

S XY
S XX

y b x

(xviii) y-intercept, a y bx

(xix)

22

(xiv)

(xvii) Slope, b

Correlation Coefficient, r

S XY
S XX S YY

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[Unequal variance]

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