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Confidence intervals, Inputs, Results – HP 39g Graphing Calculator User Manual

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Confidence intervals

The confidence interval calculations that the HP 39G/40G can

perform are based on the Normal Z-distribution or Student’s
t-distribution.

One-Sample Z-Interval

Menu name

Z-INT: 1 |i

This option uses the Normal Z-distribution to calculate a
confidence interval for p, the true mean of a population, when

the true population standard deviation, o, is known.

Inputs

The inputs are:

Field name

Definition

1

Sample mean.

a

Population standard deviation.

n

Sample size.

c

Confidence level.

Results

The results are:

Result

Description

Critical Z

Critical value for Z.

\i min

Lower bound for p.

\x max

Upper bound for p.

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