Confidence intervals, One-sample z-interval, Two-sample z-interval – HP Prime Graphing Wireless Calculator User Manual

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Inference app

Confidence intervals

The confidence interval calculations that the HP Prime 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:

Two-Sample Z-Interval

Menu name

Z-Int: μ

1

– μ

2

This option uses the Normal Z-distribution to calculate a
confidence interval for the difference between the means
of two populations, μ

1

– μ

2

, when the population standard

deviations, σ

1

and σ

2

, are known.

Field

name

Definition

Sample mean

n

Sample size

σ

Population standard deviation

C

Confidence level

x

Result

Description

C

Confidence level

Critical Z

Critical values for Z

Lower

Lower bound for μ

Upper

Upper bound for μ

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