HP 49g+ User Manual

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The variable

∆µ represents µ 1 – µ2.


Example 3 – A survey of public opinion indicates that in a sample of 150
people 60 favor increasing property taxes to finance some public projects.
Determine the 99% confidence interval for the population proportion that
would favor increasing taxes.

Press

‚Ù—@@@OK@@@to access the confidence interval feature in the

calculator. Press

˜˜ @@@OK@@@ to select option 3. Z-INT: µ 1 – µ2.. Enter

the following values:


When done, press

@@@OK@@@. The results, as text and graph, are shown below:


Example 4 -- Determine a 90% confidence interval for the difference between
two proportions if sample 1 shows 20 successes out of 120 trials, and sample
2 shows 15 successes out of 100 trials.

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