Confidence Interval Estimation Flashcards

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Point estimate

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A point estimate is the value of a single sample statistic.

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Confidence interval

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A confidence interval provides a range of values constructed around the point estimate.

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Confidence interval estimation

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An interval gives a range of values: Takes into consideration variation in sample statistics from sample to sample. Based on observations from 1 sample.
Gives information about closeness to unknown population parameters.
Stated in terms of level of confidence. Can never be 100% confident.

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Common confidence intervals

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Common confidence levels = 90%, 95% or 99%:  
 Also written (1 - ) = 0.90, 0.95 or 0.99
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A relative frequency interpretation

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In the long run, 90%, 95% or 99% of all the confidence intervals that can be constructed (in repeated samples) will contain the unknown true parameter.

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Specific intervals

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A specific interval will either contain or will not contain the true parameter. No probability involved in a specific interval.

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Confidence Interval for μ (σ Known) assumptions

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Assumptions:
Population standard deviation σ is known
Population is normally distributed
If population is not normal, use Central Limit Theorem.

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Will the true average always be in the middle of the confidence interval

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Not necessarily. PHOTO 9, A good but not perfect measure

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Confidence interval for μ (σ Unknown)

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If the population standard deviation σ is unknown, we can substitute the sample standard deviation, S.
This introduces extra uncertainty, since S is variable from sample to sample.

So we use the Student t distribution instead of the normal distribution:
The t value depends on degrees of freedom denoted by sample size minus 1 i.e. (d.f = n - 1).

d.f are number of observations that are free to vary after sample mean has been calculated.

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Degrees of freedom

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: Number of observations that are free to

vary after sample mean has been calculated

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Confidence interval example interpretation PHOTO

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We are 95% confident that the true percentage of left-handers in the population is between 0.1651 and 0.3349 i.e.:

	16.51% and 33.49%  

Although the interval from 0.1651 to 0.3349 may or may not contain the true proportion, 95% of intervals formed from repeated samples of size 100 in this manner will contain the true proportion.

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Sampling error

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The required sample size can be found to reach a desired margin of error (e) with a specified level of confidence (1 - alpha).

The margin of error is also called a sampling error:
The amount of imprecision in the estimate of the population parameter.
The amount added and subtracted to the point estimate to form the confidence interval.

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Determining the sample size for the mean

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To determine the required sample size for the mean, you must know:
The desired level of confidence (1 - ), which determines the critical Z value.
The acceptable sampling error, e.
The standard deviation, σ.

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14
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Rule for rounding confidence intervals

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Always round up (sideways)

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If σ is Unknown

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If unknown, σ can be estimated:
From past data using that data’s standard deviation.
If population is normal, range is approx. 6σ so we can estimate σ by dividing the range by 6.
Conduct a pilot study and estimate σ with the sample standard deviation, s.

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Determining Sample Size for the proportion

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To determine the required sample size for the proportion, you must know:
The desired level of confidence (1 - alpha), which determines the critical Z value.
The acceptable sampling error, e.
The true proportion of ‘successes’, pi.
can be estimated with past data, a pilot sample, or conservatively use pi = 0.5.

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PHOTO 1

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Relationship to point estimate

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PHOTO 2

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Point estimates

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PHOTO 3

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Estimation process

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PHOTO 4

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Confidence interval formula

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PHOTO 5

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Types of confidence intervals

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PHOTO 6

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Confidence interval formula when sigma is known

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PHOTO 7

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finding the critical z value

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PHOTO 9

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Common levels of confidence

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PHOTOS 10-11
Example when sigma is known
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PHOTO 12
When sigma is unknown
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PHOTO 13
DEGREES OF FREEDOM
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PHOTO 14
T-TABLE
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PHOTOS 15-16
EXAMPLE WHEN SIGMA IS UNKNOWN
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PHOTO 17
INTERVALS FOR PI
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PHOTO 18
INTERVAL FORMULA FOR PI
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PHOTOS 19-20
PI EXAMPLE
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PHOTO 21
PI INTERPRETATION
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PHOTOS 22-23
DETERMINING SAMPLE SIZE FOR THE MEAN
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PHOTO 24
DETERMINGING SAMPLE SIZE FOR THE MEAN
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PHOTO 25
DETERMINING SAMPLE SIZE FOR THE PROPORTION
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PHOTO 26
DETERMINIGN SAMPLE SIZE FOR THE PROPORTION EXAMPLE