Confidence intervals, One–sample z–interval – HP 39g+ User Manual

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Inference aplet

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

µ

This option uses the Normal Z–distribution to calculate a
confidence interval for

µ

, the true mean of a population, when

the true population standard deviation,

σ

, is known.

Inputs

The inputs are:

Results

The results are:

Field name

Definition

Sample mean.

σ

Population standard deviation.

n

Sample size.

C

Confidence level.

x

Result

Description

Critical Z

Critical value for Z.

µ

min

Lower bound for

µ

.

µ

max

Upper bound for

µ

.

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