Formulas Flashcards
Proportion
Number of cases / total sample size
Mean
Sigma-x / n
Median (even number)
(n/2)th, (n/2 + 1)th
Median (odd number)
(n+1 / 2)th
Standard Deviation for sample
Square root of: Sigma (x-xbar)squared / n-1
95% Rule
(xbar-2s, xbar+2s)
Z-score
x-xbar / s
IQR
Q3 - Q1
Finding small outliers
Q1 - 1.5(IQR)
Finding large outliers
Q3 + 1.5(IQR)
Standard deviation estimator (<70)
Range/4 or Range(1/4)
Standard deviation estimator (>70)
Range/6 or Range (1/6)
Regression line
yhat = a+bx
Residual
y - yhat
Least Squares line
Minimize Sigma(y-yhat)squared
Interval estimate to find parameter
Statistic +/- margin of error
95% confidence interval
Statistic +/- 2*SE
Margin of Error
2*SE
Standard deviation for population
Square root of: Sigma (x-xbar)squared / n
Deviation
x-xbar