Casio fx-9860G AU PLUS, User Manual

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After setting all the parameters, use
c
to move the highlighting to “Execute” and then press
the function key shown below to perform the calculation.
•
1
(CALC) ... Performs the calculation.
Calculation Result Output Example
Left .............................. confidence interval lower limit (left edge)
Right ............................ confidence interval upper limit (right edge)
o
.................................. mean of sample
x
σ
n -1
............................. sample standard deviation
(Displayed only for Data: List setting.)
n
.................................. size of sample
u u u u u 2-Sample
Z
Interval
2-Sample Z Interval calculates the confidence interval for the difference between two
population means when the population standard deviations of two samples are known.
The following is the confidence interval.
α
is the level of significance. The value 100 (1 –
α
)
% is the confidence level.
Left = ( o
1
– o
2
) – Z
α
2
Right =
( o
1
– o
2
)
+ Z
α
2
n
1
1
2
σ
+
n
2
2
2
σ
n
1
1
2
σ
+
n
2
2
2
σ
o
1
: mean of sample 1
o
2
: mean of sample 2
σ
1
: population standard deviation
of sample 1
σ
2
: population standard deviation
of sample 2
n
1
: size of sample 1
n
2
: size of sample 2
Perform the following key operations from the statistical data list.
4
(INTR)
1
(Z)
2 (2-S)
6-6-4
Confidence Interval