MA116:ElementsofStatistics

SOMEUSEFULFORMULAS

BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION CALCULATOR STUFF

n! For Exact Binomial Probabilities
P ( x) n C x p x q n x p x q n x
(n x)! x! binomialpdf(n, p, x)

CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM For Cumulative binomial Probabilities up to x

x x binomialcdf(n, p, x)
Mean: x x z
n x For Normal Probabilities (Finding areas given z-scores)
pq p p normalcdf(leftEnd, RightEnd)
Proportion: p p p z
n p
Finding z-scores given areas
invNorm(area)
CONFIDENCE INTERVALS
SECTION TOPIC KEY STROKES
Maximum error estimate (for ) 6.1 ZINTERVAL STAT Tests 7

I. (for n 30) E z c ; substitute s for if n 30 6.2 TINTERVAL STAT Tests 8
n
II. (for n < 30; population normal, unknown)
6.3 1-PROPZINT STAT Tests A
s
E tc ; d.f. = n - 1
n 7.2 Z-TEST STAT Tests 1
2
z c
III. Sample Size (for ) : n 7.3 T-TEST STAT Tests 2
E
7.4 1-PROPZTEST STAT Tests 5
Maximum error estimate (for p )
8.1 2-SAMPZTEST STAT Tests 4
p q
I. ( np 5 and nq 5 ) E z c
n 8.2 2-SAMPTTEST STAT Tests 4
2
zc
II. Sample Size (for p ) : n p q 8.3 T-TEST STAT Tests 2
E
8.4 2-PROPZTEST STAT Tests 6
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HYPOTHESIS TESTING
Z-TEST FOR MEAN T-TEST FOR MEAN
x x
z ; substitute s for if n 30 z ; d.f. = n 1
/ n s/ n

Z-TEST FOR
Calculator PROPORTION
Guide:
p p
2 TEST FOR VARIANCE AND STD. DEV.
z (n 1) s 2
pq 2 ; d.f. = n 1
n 2