Sharp EL-9900 User Manual

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Chapter 10: Statistics & Regression Calculations

10 Ztest1prop

Tests the success probability P

0

of a population.

Example

A coin was tossed 100 times and landed head side up 42 times.

Normally, the probability of head facing up is 0.5. Test to see if the

coin is fair.

1. Press

S E 1 0.

The parameter input screen will appear.

• prop is the hypothesis probability. The test will be conducted

using hypothesis prop

≠ P

0

.

• x is the number of successes observed and n is the number

of trials (where n is a positive integer.)

2. Enter the appropriate value

into each field.

3. Press

@ h.

p

^: Success probability
obtained from the sample

data.

11 Ztest2prop

Executes a comparative test for two success probabilities, (P

1

,

P

2

).

Example

Test the equality of P

1

and P

2

given the sample data n

1

= 50, x

1

=

16 and n

2

= 20, x

2

= 5, where the hypothesis is P

1

< P

2

.

1. Press

S E 1 1.

The parameter input screen will appear.

2. Enter the appropriate value

into each field.

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