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Entering statistical data, The list names menu, The stat calc (calculations) menu – Texas Instruments TI-86 User Manual

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Chapter 14: Statistics

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14STATS.DOC TI-86, Chap 14, US English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/13/01 2:33 PM Printed: 02/13/01 3:04 PM Page 189 of 14

14STATS.DOC TI-86, Chap 14, US English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/13/01 2:33 PM Printed: 02/13/01 3:04 PM Page 189 of 14

Entering Statistical Data

Data for statistical analysis is stored in lists, which you can create and edit in the list editor
(Chapter 11), on the home screen (Chapter 11), or in a program (Chapter 16). The TI

-86 has

three built-in list names for statistics,

xStat

(x-variable list),

yStat

(y-variable list), and

fStat

(frequency list). TI

-86 statistical functions use these lists as defaults.

The LIST NAMES Menu

- š ' (

{

}

NAMES

EDIT

OPS

fStat

xStat

yStat

fStat

An automatically updated list of the frequency values used in the last statistical
computation requiring a frequency; default is a list where each element is

1

xStat

An automatically updated list of the data from the x-list used in the last statistical analysis

yStat

An automatically updated list of the data from the y-list used in the last statistical analysis

The STAT CALC (Calculations) Menu

- š &

CALC

EDIT

PLOT

DRAW

VARS

OneVa

TwoVa

LinR

LnR

ExpR

4

PwrR

SinR

LgstR

P

2

Reg

P

3

Reg

4

P

4

Reg

StReg

OneVa

(one variable) Analyzes data with one measured variable

TwoVa

(two variable) Analyzes paired data

The LIST NAMES menu
shown here has no user-
created list names.

Editing an element of xStat or
yStat

clears any values

stored to statistical result
variables.

The STAT CALC functions
store the results to statistical
result variables (page 193 ).

The syntax description for
each STAT CALC menu item
follows this section.