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AP Statistics
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Formulas for AP Statistics
I. Descriptive Statistics
1 ∑ xi 1 2 ∑ ( xi − x )2
x = ∑ xi = s=
x ∑ ( xi − x )=
n n n −1 n −1
ŷ= a + bx y= a + bx
1 x − x yi − y sy
=r ∑ i b=r
n − 1 s x s y sx
µ X = E ( X ) = ∑ xi P ( xi ) 2
Discrete random variable, X σ X = ∑ ( xi − µ X ) P ( xi )
statistic − parameter
Standardized test statistic:
standard error of the statistic
( observed − expected )2
Chi-square statistic: χ 2 = ∑ expected
III. Sampling Distributions and Inferential Statistics (continued)
Sampling distributions for proportions:
When p1 = p2 is assumed:
1 1
s p̂ = p̂c (1 − p̂c ) +
1 − p̂2 n
1 n2
X1 + X 2
where p̂c =
n1 + n2
*Standard deviation is a measurement of variability from the theoretical population. Standard error is the estimate of the standard deviation. If the
standard deviation of the statistic is assumed to be known, then the standard deviation should be used instead of the standard error.
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STATISTICS
SECTION II
Total Time—1 hour and 30 minutes
6 Questions
Part A
Suggested Time—1 hour and 5 minutes
5 Questions
Directions: Show all your work. Indicate clearly the methods you use, because you will be scored on the correctness
of your methods as well as on the accuracy and completeness of your results and explanations.
1. As part of a study on the chemistry of Alaskan streams, researchers took water samples from many streams with
temperatures colder than 8°C and from many streams with temperatures warmer than 8°C . For each sample, the
researchers measured the dissolved oxygen concentration, in milligrams per liter (mg/l).
(a) The researchers constructed the histogram shown for the dissolved oxygen concentration in streams from the
sample with water temperatures colder than 8°C . Based on the histogram, describe the distribution of
dissolved oxygen concentration in streams with water temperatures colder than 8°C .
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(b) The researchers computed the summary statistics shown in the table for the dissolved oxygen concentration in
streams from the sample with water temperatures warmer than 8°C . Use the summary statistics to construct a
box plot for the dissolved oxygen concentration in streams with water temperatures warmer than 8°C . Do not
indicate outliers.
(c) The researchers believe that streams with higher dissolved oxygen concentration are generally healthier for
wildlife. Which streams are generally healthier for wildlife, those with water temperature colder than 8° C or
those with water temperature warmer than 8° C? Using characteristics of the distribution of dissolved oxygen
concentration for temperatures colder than 8C and characteristics of the distribution of dissolved oxygen
concentration for temperatures warmer than 8C , justify your answer.
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2. A developer wants to know whether adding fibers to concrete used in paving driveways will reduce the severity of
cracking, because any driveway with severe cracks will have to be repaired by the developer. The developer
conducts a completely randomized experiment with 60 new homes that need driveways. Thirty of the driveways
will be randomly assigned to receive concrete that contains fibers, and the other 30 driveways will receive
concrete that does not contain fibers. After one year, the developer will record the severity of cracks in each
driveway on a scale of 0 to 10 , with 0 representing not cracked at all and 10 representing severely cracked.
(a) Based on the information provided about the developer’s experiment, identify each of the following.
• Experimental units
• Treatments
• Response variable
(b) Describe an appropriate method the developer could use to randomly assign concrete that contains fibers and
concrete that does not contain fibers to the 60 driveways.
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Suppose the developer finds that there is a statistically significant reduction in the mean severity of cracks in
driveways using the concrete that contains fibers compared to the driveways using concrete that does not contain
fibers.
(c) In terms of the developer’s conclusion, what is the benefit of randomly assigning the driveways to either the
concrete that contains fibers or the concrete that does not contain fibers?
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3. Bath fizzies are mineral tablets that dissolve and create bubbles when added to bathwater. In order to increase
sales, the Fizzy Bath Company has produced a new line of bath fizzies that have a cash prize in every bath fizzy.
Let the random variable, X , represent the dollar value of the cash prize in a bath fizzy. The probability distribution
of X is shown in the table.
(a) Based on the probability distribution of X , answer the following. Show your work.
(ii) Calculate the proportion of bath fizzies that contain at least $10.
(b) Based on the probability distribution of X , calculate the probability that a randomly selected bath fizzy
contains $100 , given that it contains at least $10. Show your work.
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(c) Based on the probability distribution of X , calculate and interpret the expected value of the distribution of the
cash prize in the bath fizzies. Show your work.
(d) The Fizzy Bath Company would like to sell the bath fizzies in France, where the currency is euros. Suppose
the conversion rate for dollars to euros is 1 dollar = 0.89 euros. Using your expected value from part (c),
calculate the expected value, in euros, of the distribution of the cash prize in the bath fizzies. Show your work.
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4. A medical researcher completed a study comparing an omega-3 fatty acids supplement to a placebo in the
treatment of irritability in patients with a certain medical condition. Nineteen patients with the medical condition
volunteered to participate in the study. The study was conducted using the following weekly schedule.
• Week 1: Each patient took a randomly assigned treatment, omega-3 supplement or placebo.
• Week 2: The patients did not take either the omega-3 supplement or the placebo. This was
necessary to reduce the possibility of any carryover effect from the assigned treatment taken
during week 1.
• Week 3: Each patient took the treatment, omega-3 supplement or placebo, that they did not take
during week 1.
At the end of week 1 and week 3, each patient’s irritability was given a score on a scale of 0 to 10, with 0
representing no irritability and 10 representing the highest level of irritability.
For each patient, the two irritability scores and the difference in their scores (placebo minus omega-3) were
recorded. The results are summarized in the table and boxplots.
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The researcher claims the omega-3 supplement will decrease the mean irritability score of all patients with the
medical condition similar to the volunteers who participated in the study. Is there convincing statistical evidence
to support the researcher’s claim at a significance level of a = 0.05? Complete the appropriate inference
procedure to support your answer.
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5. Wildlife biologists are interested in the health of tule elk, a species of deer found in California. An important
measurement of tule elk health is their weight. The weight of a tule elk is difficult to measure in the wild.
However, chest circumference, which is believed to be related to the weight of a tule elk, can easily be measured
from a safe distance using a harmless laser. A study was done to investigate whether chest circumference, in
centimeters (cm ), could be used to accurately estimate the weight, in kilograms (kg), of male tule elk. For the
study, wildlife biologists captured 30 male tule elk, measured their chest circumference and weight, and then
released the elk. The data for the 30 male tule elk are shown in the scatterplot.
(a) Describe the relationship between chest circumference and weight of male tule elk in context.
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Following is the equation of the least-squares regression line relating chest circumference and weight for male tule
elk.
(b) The weight of one male tule elk with a chest circumference of 145.9 cm is 204.3 kg .
(i) Using the equation of the least-squares regression line, calculate the predicted weight for this male tule elk.
Show your work.
(ii) Calculate the residual for this male tule elk. Show your work.
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The equation of the least-squares regression line relating chest circumference and weight for male tule elk is
repeated here.
(d) The sambar, another species of deer, is similar in size to the tule elk. The slope of the population regression
line relating chest circumference and weight for all male sambars is 4.5 kilograms per centimeter. A wildlife
biologist wants to determine whether the slope of the population regression line for male tule elk is different
than that for male sambars. Let b represent the slope of the population regression line for male tule elk. The
wildlife biologist conducted a test of the following hypotheses using the sample of 30 tule elk.
H 0 : b = 4.5
Ha : b π 4.5
The test statistic was calculated to be 3.408. Assume all conditions for inference were met.
(i) Determine the p-value of the test.
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(ii) At a significance level of a = 0.05, what conclusion should the wildlife biologist make regarding the slope of
the population regression line for male tule elk? Justify your response.
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6. A jewelry company uses a machine to apply a coating of gold on a certain style of necklace. The amount of gold
applied to a necklace is approximately normally distributed. When the machine is working properly, the amount of
gold applied to a necklace has a mean of 300 milligrams (mg) and standard deviation of 5 mg.
(a) A necklace is randomly selected from the necklaces produced by the machine. Assuming that the machine is
working properly, calculate the probability that the amount of gold applied to the necklace is between 296mg
and 304mg.
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The jewelry company wants to make sure the machine is working properly. Each day, Cleo, a statistician at the
jewelry company, will take a random sample of the necklaces produced that day. Each selected necklace will be
melted down and the amount of the gold applied to that necklace will be determined. Because a necklace must be
destroyed to determine the amount of gold that was applied, Cleo will use random samples of size n = 2
necklaces.
Cleo starts by considering the mean amount of gold being applied to the necklaces. After Cleo takes a random
sample of n = 2 necklaces, she computes the sample mean amount of gold applied to the two necklaces.
(b) Suppose the machine is working properly with a population mean amount of gold being applied of 300mg and
a population standard deviation of 5mg .
(i) Calculate the probability that the sample mean amount of gold applied to a random sample of n = 2 necklaces
will be greater than 303mg.
(ii) Suppose Cleo took a random sample of n = 2 necklaces that resulted in a sample mean amount of gold
applied of 303mg. Would that result indicate that the population mean amount of gold being applied by the
machine is different from 300mg? Justify your answer without performing an inference procedure.
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Now, Cleo will consider the variation in the amount of gold the machine applies to the necklaces. Because of the
small sample size, n = 2, Cleo will use the sample range of the data for the two randomly selected necklaces,
rather than the sample standard deviation.
Cleo will investigate the behavior of the range for samples of size n = 2. She will simulate the sampling
distribution of the range of the amount of gold applied to two randomly sampled necklaces. Cleo generates
100,000 random samples of size n = 2 independent values from a normal distribution with mean m = 300 and
standard deviation s = 5. The range is calculated for the two observations in each sample. The simulated
sampling distribution of the range is shown in Graph I . This process is repeated using s = 8, as shown in Graph
II , and again using s = 12 , as shown in Graph III .
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(i) Describe the sampling distribution of the sample range for random samples of size n = 2 from a normal
distribution with standard deviation s = 5, as shown in Graph I .
(ii) Describe how the sampling distribution of the sample range for samples of size n = 2 changes as the value of
the population standard deviation s increases.
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Recall that Cleo needs to consider both the mean and standard deviation of the amount of gold applied to
necklaces to determine whether the machine is working properly. Suppose that one month later, Cleo is again
checking the machine to make sure it is working properly. Cleo takes a random sample of 2 necklaces and
calculates the sample mean amount of gold applied as 303mg and the sample range as 10mg.
(d) Recall that the machine is working properly if the amount of gold applied to the necklaces has a mean of
300mg and standard deviation of 5mg .
(i) Consider Cleo’s range of 10mg from the sample of size n = 2. If the machine is working properly with a
standard deviation of 5mg , is a sample range of 10mg unusual? Justify your answer.
(ii) Do Cleo’s sample mean of 303mg and range of 10mg indicate that the machine is not working properly?
Explain your answer.
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END OF EXAM
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Probability
z .00 .01 .02 .03 .04 .05 .06 .07 .08 .09
– 3.4 .0003 .0003 .0003 .0003 .0003 .0003 .0003 .0003 .0003 .0002
– 3.3 .0005 .0005 .0005 .0004 .0004 .0004 .0004 .0004 .0004 .0003
– 3.2 .0007 .0007 .0006 .0006 .0006 .0006 .0006 .0005 .0005 .0005
– 3.1 .0010 .0009 .0009 .0009 .0008 .0008 .0008 .0008 .0007 .0007
– 3.0 .0013 .0013 .0013 .0012 .0012 .0011 .0011 .0011 .0010 .0010
– 2.9 .0019 .0018 .0018 .0017 .0016 .0016 .0015 .0015 .0014 .0014
– 2.8 .0026 .0025 .0024 .0023 .0023 .0022 .0021 .0021 .0020 .0019
– 2.7 .0035 .0034 .0033 .0032 .0031 .0030 .0029 .0028 .0027 .0026
– 2.6 .0047 .0045 .0044 .0043 .0041 .0040 .0039 .0038 .0037 .0036
– 2.5 .0062 .0060 .0059 .0057 .0055 .0054 .0052 .0051 .0049 .0048
– 2.4 .0082 .0080 .0078 .0075 .0073 .0071 .0069 .0068 .0066 .0064
– 2.3 .0107 .0104 .0102 .0099 .0096 .0094 .0091 .0089 .0087 .0084
– 2.2 .0139 .0136 .0132 .0129 .0125 .0122 .0119 .0116 .0113 .0110
– 2.1 .0179 .0174 .0170 .0166 .0162 .0158 .0154 .0150 .0146 .0143
– 2.0 .0228 .0222 .0217 .0212 .0207 .0202 .0197 .0192 .0188 .0183
– 1.9 .0287 .0281 .0274 .0268 .0262 .0256 .0250 .0244 .0239 .0233
– 1.8 .0359 .0351 .0344 .0336 .0329 .0322 .0314 .0307 .0301 .0294
– 1.7 .0446 .0436 .0427 .0418 .0409 .0401 .0392 .0384 .0375 .0367
– 1.6 .0548 .0537 .0526 .0516 .0505 .0495 .0485 .0475 .0465 .0455
– 1.5 .0668 .0655 .0643 .0630 .0618 .0606 .0594 .0582 .0571 .0559
– 1.4 .0808 .0793 .0778 .0764 .0749 .0735 .0721 .0708 .0694 .0681
– 1.3 .0968 .0951 .0934 .0918 .0901 .0885 .0869 .0853 .0838 .0823
– 1.2 .1151 .1131 .1112 .1093 .1075 .1056 .1038 .1020 .1003 .0985
– 1.1 .1357 .1335 .1314 .1292 .1271 .1251 .1230 .1210 .1190 .1170
– 1.0 .1587 .1562 .1539 .1515 .1492 .1469 .1446 .1423 .1401 .1379
– 0.9 .1841 .1814 .1788 .1762 .1736 .1711 .1685 .1660 .1635 .1611
– 0.8 .2119 .2090 .2061 .2033 .2005 .1977 .1949 .1922 .1894 .1867
– 0.7 .2420 .2389 .2358 .2327 .2296 .2266 .2236 .2206 .2177 .2148
– 0.6 .2743 .2709 .2676 .2643 .2611 .2578 .2546 .2514 .2483 .2451
– 0.5 .3085 .3050 .3015 .2981 .2946 .2912 .2877 .2843 .2810 .2776
– 0.4 .3446 .3409 .3372 .3336 .3300 .3264 .3228 .3192 .3156 .3121
– 0.3 .3821 .3783 .3745 .3707 .3669 .3632 .3594 .3557 .3520 .3483
– 0.2 .4207 .4168 .4129 .4090 .4052 .4013 .3974 .3936 .3897 .3859
– 0.1 .4602 .4562 .4522 .4483 .4443 .4404 .4364 .4325 .4286 .4247
– 0.0 .5000 .4960 .4920 .4880 .4840 .4801 .4761 .4721 .4681 .4641
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Probability
z .00 .01 .02 .03 .04 .05 .06 .07 .08 .09
0.0 .5000 .5040 .5080 .5120 .5160 .5199 .5239 .5279 .5319 .5359
0.1 .5398 .5438 .5478 .5517 .5557 .5596 .5636 .5675 .5714 .5753
0.2 .5793 .5832 .5871 .5910 .5948 .5987 .6026 .6064 .6103 .6141
0.3 .6179 .6217 .6255 .6293 .6331 .6368 .6406 .6443 .6480 .6517
0.4 .6554 .6591 .6628 .6664 .6700 .6736 .6772 .6808 .6844 .6879
0.5 .6915 .6950 .6985 .7019 .7054 .7088 .7123 .7157 .7190 .7224
0.6 .7257 .7291 .7324 .7357 .7389 .7422 .7454 .7486 .7517 .7549
0.7 .7580 .7611 .7642 .7673 .7704 .7734 .7764 .7794 .7823 .7852
0.8 .7881 .7910 .7939 .7967 .7995 .8023 .8051 .8078 .8106 .8133
0.9 .8159 .8186 .8212 .8238 .8264 .8289 .8315 .8340 .8365 .8389
1.0 .8413 .8438 .8461 .8485 .8508 8531 .8554 .8577 .8599 .8621
1.1 .8643 .8665 .8686 .8708 .8729 .8749 .8770 .8790 .8810 .8830
1.2 .8849 .8869 .8888 .8907 .8925 .8944 .8962 .8980 .8997 .9015
1.3 .9032 .9049 .9066 .9082 .9099 .9115 .9131 .9147 .9162 .9177
1.4 .9192 .9207 .9222 .9236 .9251 .9265 .9279 .9292 .9306 .9319
1.5 .9332 .9345 .9357 .9370 .9382 .9394 .9406 .9418 .9429 .9441
1.6 .9452 .9463 .9474 .9484 .9495 .9505 .9515 .9525 .9535 .9545
1.7 .9554 .9564 .9573 .9582 .9591 .9599 .9608 .9616 .9625 .9633
1.8 .9641 .9649 .9656 .9664 .9671 .9678 .9686 .9693 .9699 .9706
1.9 .9713 .9719 .9726 .9732 .9738 .9744 .9750 .9756 .9761 .9767
2.0 .9772 .9778 .9783 .9788 .9793 9798 .9803 .9808 .9812 .9817
2.1 .9821 .9826 .9830 .9834 .9838 .9842 .9846 .9850 .9854 .9857
2.2 .9861 .9864 .9868 .9871 .9875 .9878 .9881 .9884 .9887 .9890
2.3 .9893 .9896 .9898 .9901 .9904 .9906 .9909 .9911 .9913 .9916
2.4 .9918 .9920 .9922 .9925 .9927 .9929 .9931 .9932 .9934 .9936
2.5 .9938 .9940 .9941 .9943 .9945 .9946 .9948 .9949 .9951 .9952
2.6 .9953 .9955 .9956 .9957 .9959 .9960 .9961 .9962 .9963 .9964
2.7 .9965 .9966 .9967 .9968 .9969 .9970 .9971 .9972 .9973 .9974
2.8 .9974 .9975 .9976 .9977 .9977 .9978 .9979 .9979 .9980 .9981
2.9 .9981 .9982 .9982 .9983 .9984 .9984 .9985 .9985 .9986 .9986
3.0 .9987 .9987 .9987 .9988 .9988 9989 .9989 .9989 .9990 .9990
3.1 .9990 .9991 .9991 .9991 .9992 .9992 .9992 .9992 .9993 .9993
3.2 .9993 .9993 .9994 .9994 .9994 .9994 .9994 .9995 .9995 .9995
3.3 .9995 .9995 .9995 .9996 .9996 .9996 .9996 .9996 .9996 .9997
3.4 .9997 .9997 .9997 .9997 .9997 .9997 .9997 .9997 .9997 .9998
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t*
Tail probability p
df .25 .20 .15 .10 .05 .025 .02 .01 .005 .0025 .001 .0005
1 1.000 1.376 1.963 3.078 6.314 12.71 15.89 31.82 63.66 127.3 318.3 636.6
2 .816 1.061 1.386 1.886 2.920 4.303 4.849 6.965 9.925 14.09 22.33 31.60
3 .765 .978 1.250 1.638 2.353 3.182 3.482 4.541 5.841 7.453 10.21 12.92
4 .741 .941 1.190 1.533 2.132 2.776 2.999 3.747 4.604 5.598 7.173 8.610
5 .727 .920 1.156 1.476 2.015 2.571 2.757 3.365 4.032 4.773 5.893 6.869
6 .718 .906 1.134 1.440 1.943 2.447 2.612 3.143 3.707 4.317 5.208 5.959
7 .711 .896 1.119 1.415 1.895 2.365 2.517 2.998 3.499 4.029 4.785 5.408
8 .706 .889 1.108 1.397 1.860 2.306 2.449 2.896 3.355 3.833 4.501 5.041
9 .703 .883 1.100 1.383 1.833 2.262 2.398 2.821 3.250 3.690 4.297 4.781
10 .700 .879 1.093 1.372 1.812 2.228 2.359 2.764 3.169 3.581 4.144 4.587
11 .697 .876 1.088 1.363 1.796 2.201 2.328 2.718 3.106 3.497 4.025 4.437
12 .695 .873 1.083 1.356 1.782 2.179 2.303 2.681 3.055 3.428 3.930 4.318
13 .694 .870 1.079 1.350 1.771 2.160 2.282 2.650 3.012 3.372 3.852 4.221
14 .692 .868 1.076 1.345 1.761 2.145 2.264 2.624 2.977 3.326 3.787 4.140
15 .691 .866 1.074 1.341 1.753 2.131 2.249 2.602 2.947 3.286 3.733 4.073
16 .690 .865 1.071 1.337 1.746 2.120 2.235 2.583 2.921 3.252 3.686 4.015
17 .689 .863 1.069 1.333 1.740 2.110 2.224 2.567 2.898 3.222 3.646 3.965
18 .688 .862 1.067 1.330 1.734 2.101 2.214 2.552 2.878 3.197 3.611 3.922
19 .688 .861 1.066 1.328 1.729 2.093 2.205 2.539 2.861 3.174 3.579 3.883
20 .687 .860 1.064 1.325 1.725 2.086 2.197 2.528 2.845 3.153 3.552 3.850
21 .686 .859 1.063 1.323 1.721 2.080 2.189 2.518 2.831 3.135 3.527 3.819
22 .686 .858 1.061 1.321 1.717 2.074 2.183 2.508 2.819 3.119 3.505 3.792
23 .685 .858 1.060 1.319 1.714 2.069 2.177 2.500 2.807 3.104 3.485 3.768
24 .685 .857 1.059 1.318 1.711 2.064 2.172 2.492 2.797 3.091 3.467 3.745
25 .684 .856 1.058 1.316 1.708 2.060 2.167 2.485 2.787 3.078 3.450 3.725
26 .684 .856 1.058 1.315 1.706 2.056 2.162 2.479 2.779 3.067 3.435 3.707
27 .684 .855 1.057 1.314 1.703 2.052 2.158 2.473 2.771 3.057 3.421 3.690
28 .683 .855 1.056 1.313 1.701 2.048 2.154 2.467 2.763 3.047 3.408 3.674
29 .683 .854 1.055 1.311 1.699 2.045 2.150 2.462 2.756 3.038 3.396 3.659
30 .683 .854 1.055 1.310 1.697 2.042 2.147 2.457 2.750 3.030 3.385 3.646
40 .681 .851 1.050 1.303 1.684 2.021 2.123 2.423 2.704 2.971 3.307 3.551
50 .679 .849 1.047 1.299 1.676 2.009 2.109 2.403 2.678 2.937 3.261 3.496
60 .679 .848 1.045 1.296 1.671 2.000 2.099 2.390 2.660 2.915 3.232 3.460
80 .678 .846 1.043 1.292 1.664 1.990 2.088 2.374 2.639 2.887 3.195 3.416
100 .677 .845 1.042 1.290 1.660 1.984 2.081 2.364 2.626 2.871 3.174 3.390
1000 .675 .842 1.037 1.282 1.646 1.962 2.056 2.330 2.581 2.813 3.098 3.300
.674 .841 1.036 1.282 1.645 1.960 2.054 2.326 2.576 2.807 3.091 3.291
50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 95% 96% 98% 99% 99.5% 99.8% 99.9%
Confidence level C
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Probability p
Table entry for p is the point
( 2 ) with probability p lying
above it.
(χ2 )
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