Math for the Non-Math Lovers (Collection)

Chapter 6. Sampling Distributions and Confidence Intervals

6.1 Sampling Distributions

6.2 Sampling Error and Confidence Intervals

6.3 Confidence Interval Estimate for the Mean Using the t Distribution (σ Unknown)

6.4 Confidence Interval Estimation for Categorical Variables

Important Equations

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In Section 1.3, you learned that you can use inferential statistics to make conclusions about a large set of data called the population, based on a subset of the data, called the sample. Specifically, inferential statistical methods use a single sample to calculate a sample statistic from which conclusions about a population parameter are made. Using a small part to make conclusions about a whole larger thing sometimes ...