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Z-test – Texas Instruments TI-84 User Manual

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Chapter 13: Inferential Statistics and Distributions

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The description then shows the unique output screen for that instruction with the
example results.

Descriptions of instructions that offer the

Calculate/Draw

output choice show both

types of screens: calculated and graphic results.

Descriptions of instructions that offer only the

Calculate

output choice show the

calculated results on the home screen.

Z-Test

Z-Test

Z-Test

Z-Test

Z-Test

(one-sample

z

test; item

1

) performs a hypothesis test for a single unknown

population mean

m when the population standard deviation s is known. It tests the null

hypothesis H

0

:

m=m

0

against one of the alternatives below.

H

a

:

mƒm

0

(

m

:

ƒm

0

)

H

a

:

m

0

(

m

:<

m

0

)

H

a

:

m>m

0

(

m

:>

m

0

)

In the example: