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One-sample t-interval, Two-sample t-interval – HP Prime Graphing Calculator User Manual

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Inference app

One-Sample T-Interval

Menu name

T-Int: 1 

This option uses the Student’s t-distribution to calculate a
confidence interval for , the true mean of a population,
for the case in which the true population standard
deviation, , is unknown.

Inputs

The inputs are:

Results

The results are:

Two-Sample T-Interval

Menu name

T-Int: 

1

– 

2

This option uses the Student’s t-distribution to calculate a
confidence interval for the difference between the means
of two populations, 

1

– 

2

, when the population

standard deviations, 

1

and 

2

, are unknown.

Field

name

Definition

Sample mean

s

Sample standard deviation

n

Sample size

C

Confidence level

x

Result

Description

C

Confidence level

DF

Degrees of freedom

Critical T

Critical values for T

Lower

Lower bound for 

Upper

Upper bound for 