5: Introduction to Estimation

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Page (C:\Users\B. Burt Gerstman\Dropbox\StatPrimer\ , 5/8/2016) 5: Introduction to Estimation Contents Acronyms and symbols ........................................ ........................................ ....................... 1 Statistical inference ........................................ ........................................ ............................. 2 Estimating with confidence ........................................ ........................................ ............. 3 Sampling distribution of the mean ........................................ ........................................ .. 3 confidence Interval for when is known before hand ........................................ ....... 4 Sample Size Requirements for estimating with confidence ........................................ 6 Estimating p with 7 Sampling distribution of the proportion.

confidence level of a confidence interval. The α (“alpha”) level represents the “lack of confidence” and is the chance the researcher is willing to …

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