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Important Formulas
Chapter 3 Data Description Chapter 5 Discrete Probability Distributions
 X Mean for a probability distribution: m  [X  P(X)]
Mean for individual data: X 
n Variance and standard deviation for a probability
distribution:
  f • Xm
Mean for grouped data: X  s2  [X 2  P(X)]  m2
n
Standard deviation for a sample: s  [X 2 • PX ]  m2
Expectation: E(X)  [X  P(X)]

 
 X  X  2 n X 2  X 2
s or s Binomial probability: PX 
n!
• pX • q nX
n1 nn  1  X !X! n
(Shortcut formula)
Mean for binomial distribution: m  n  p
Standard deviation for grouped data: Variance and standard deviation for the binomial
distribution: s2  n  p  q s  n • p • q


n f • X m2     f • Xm  2
s
nn  1
Chapter 6 The Normal Distribution
range 
Range rule of thumb: s  X XX
4 Standard score z  or z
s
Chapter 4 Probability and Counting Rules Mean of sample means: mX  m
Addition rule 1 (mutually exclusive events): Standard error of the mean: sX 
n
P(A or B)  P(A)  P(B) 
X
Central limit theorem formula: z 
Addition rule 2 (events not mutually exclusive): n
P(A or B)  P(A)  P(B)  P(A and B) Chapter 7 Confidence Intervals and Sample
Multiplication rule 1 (independent events): Size
z confidence interval for means:
P(A and B)  P(A)  P(B)
Multiplication rule 2 (dependent events):

X  z 2  n  
X  z 2  n 
P(A and B)  P(A)  P(B  A) t confidence interval for means:

Conditional probability: PB  A 

P A and
P A
B 
X  t 2  s n  
X  t 2  s n 

z 2 •
 
2
Complementary events: P(E )  1  P(E) Sample size for means: n  where E is the
E
Fundamental counting rule: Total number of outcomes maximum error of estimate
of a sequence when each event has a different
number of possibilities: k 1  k 2  k 3    k n Confidence interval for a proportion:

 
p̂ q̂ p̂ q̂
Permutation rule: Number of permutations of n objects p̂  z  2  p p̂  z  2
n! n n
taking r at a time is n Pr 
n  r !
 zE 
2
 2
Sample size for a proportion: n  p̂ q̂
Combination rule: Number of combinations of r objects
n! X
selected from n objects is n Cr  where p̂  and q̂  1  p̂
 n  r  !r! n
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Confidence interval for variance: Formula for the confidence interval for difference of two
n  1 s2 n  1 s2 means (small independent samples, variance
2
2 2 unequal):
right left


  s21 s22
Confidence interval for standard deviation:  X1  X2  t  2  1  2
n1 n2

 
n  1 s2 n  1 s2


2 2   s21 s22
right left  X1  X2  t  2 
n1 n2

Chapter 8 Hypothesis Testing (d.f.  smaller of n1  1 and n2  1)


X t test for comparing two means for dependent samples:
z test: z  for any value n. If n 30,
n 
D D  D
population must be normally distributed. t where D and

sD n n
X
t test: t  (d.f.  n  1)

s n nD 2  D 2
sD   d.f.  n  1
p̂  p nn  1
z test for proportions: z 
pq n Formula for confidence interval for the mean of the
n  1 s 2 difference for dependent samples:
Chi-square test for a single variance: 2
 2
 SD  SD
(d.f.  n  1) D  t 2 D D  t 2
n n
(d.f.  n  1)
Chapter 9 Testing the Difference Between z test for comparing two proportions:
Two Means, Two Proportions,
 p̂1  p̂2   p1  p2
and Two Variances z

  n1  n1 
__
z test for comparing two means (independent samples): pq
1 2
 
 X1  X2     2
z 1
_ X1  X2 X1
p p̂1 

2 2 where
1
 2 n1  n2 n1
n1 n2
_ _ X2
Formula for the confidence interval for difference of two q1p p̂2 
n2
means (large samples):
Formula for the confidence interval for the difference of


2 2
  two proportions:
 X1  X2   z 2 1
 2
1  2
n1 n2


p̂1 q̂1 p̂2 q̂2
 p̂1  p̂2  z 2  p1  p2

2 2
  n1 n2
 X1  X2  z 2 1
 2
n1 n2


p̂1 q̂1 p̂2 q̂2
 p̂1  p̂2  z 2 
t test for comparing two means (independent samples, n1 n2
variances not equal):
s21
  F test for comparing two variances: F  where s 21 is the
 X1  X2    1  2 s22
t
larger variance and d.f.N.  n1  1, d.f.D.  n2  1

s21 s22

n1 n2
(d.f.  the smaller of n 1  1 or n2  1)
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Chapter 10 Correlation and Regression Chapter 11 Chi-Square and Analysis of

Correlation coefficient: Variance (ANOVA)
nxy   xy Chi-square test for goodness-of-fit:
r
 [n x2
 x 2][n y2   y 2]  E 2
O
x2  a


n2 E
t test for correlation coefficient: t  r
1  r2 (d.f.  no. of categories  1)
(d.f.  n  2)
Chi-square test for independence and homogeneity of
The regression line equation: y  a  bx proportions:
 y  x2 
 xxy
where a  E 2
O
nx2  x 2 x2  a
E
nxy  xy [d.f.  (rows  1)(col.  1)]
b
n x 2  x 2
sB2 X
explained variation ANOVA test: F  where XGM 
Coefficient of determination: r 2  sW2 N
total variation
Standard error of estimate: d.f.N.  k  1 where N  n1  n2      nk
d.f.D.  N  k where k  number of groups


y2  a y  b xy
sest  niXi  XGM  2
n2 sB2 
k1
Prediction interval for y:
 ni  1 s2i
sW2 

1 n x  X  2 ni  1
y  t 2 sest 1 
n n x 2   x 2



1 n x  X 2
y y  t 2s est 1 
n n x2  x 2
(d.f.  n  2)

Procedure Table

Solving Hypothesis-Testing Problems (Traditional Method)

Step 1 State the hypotheses and identify the claim.
Step 2 Find the critical value(s) from the appropriate table in Appendix C.
Step 3 Compute the test value.
Step 4 Make the decision to reject or not reject the null hypothesis. ISBN-13: 978-0-07-743877-7
ISBN-10: 0-07-743877-9
Step 5 Summarize the results.

Procedure Table

Solving Hypothesis-Testing Problems (P-value Method)

Step 1 State the hypotheses and identify the claim.
Step 2 Compute the test value.
Step 3 Find the P-value.
Step 4 Make the decision.
Step 5 Summarize the results.
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Table E The Standard Normal Distribution

Cumulative Standard Normal Distribution
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

For z values less than 3.49, use 0.0001.

Area

z 0
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Table E (continued )
Cumulative Standard Normal Distribution
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

For z values greater than 3.49, use 0.9999.

Area

0 z
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Table F The t Distribution

Confidence
intervals 80% 90% 95% 98% 99%
One tail, A 0.10 0.05 0.025 0.01 0.005
d.f. Two tails, A 0.20 0.10 0.05 0.02 0.01
1 3.078 6.314 12.706 31.821 63.657
2 1.886 2.920 4.303 6.965 9.925
3 1.638 2.353 3.182 4.541 5.841
4 1.533 2.132 2.776 3.747 4.604
5 1.476 2.015 2.571 3.365 4.032
6 1.440 1.943 2.447 3.143 3.707
7 1.415 1.895 2.365 2.998 3.499
8 1.397 1.860 2.306 2.896 3.355
9 1.383 1.833 2.262 2.821 3.250
10 1.372 1.812 2.228 2.764 3.169
11 1.363 1.796 2.201 2.718 3.106
12 1.356 1.782 2.179 2.681 3.055
13 1.350 1.771 2.160 2.650 3.012
14 1.345 1.761 2.145 2.624 2.977
15 1.341 1.753 2.131 2.602 2.947
16 1.337 1.746 2.120 2.583 2.921
17 1.333 1.740 2.110 2.567 2.898
18 1.330 1.734 2.101 2.552 2.878
19 1.328 1.729 2.093 2.539 2.861
20 1.325 1.725 2.086 2.528 2.845
21 1.323 1.721 2.080 2.518 2.831
22 1.321 1.717 2.074 2.508 2.819
23 1.319 1.714 2.069 2.500 2.807
24 1.318 1.711 2.064 2.492 2.797
25 1.316 1.708 2.060 2.485 2.787
26 1.315 1.706 2.056 2.479 2.779
27 1.314 1.703 2.052 2.473 2.771
28 1.313 1.701 2.048 2.467 2.763
29 1.311 1.699 2.045 2.462 2.756
30 1.310 1.697 2.042 2.457 2.750
32 1.309 1.694 2.037 2.449 2.738
34 1.307 1.691 2.032 2.441 2.728
36 1.306 1.688 2.028 2.434 2.719
38 1.304 1.686 2.024 2.429 2.712
40 1.303 1.684 2.021 2.423 2.704
45 1.301 1.679 2.014 2.412 2.690
50 1.299 1.676 2.009 2.403 2.678
55 1.297 1.673 2.004 2.396 2.668
60 1.296 1.671 2.000 2.390 2.660
65 1.295 1.669 1.997 2.385 2.654
70 1.294 1.667 1.994 2.381 2.648
75 1.293 1.665 1.992 2.377 2.643
80 1.292 1.664 1.990 2.374 2.639
90 1.291 1.662 1.987 2.368 2.632
100 1.290 1.660 1.984 2.364 2.626
500 1.283 1.648 1.965 2.334 2.586
1000 1.282 1.646 1.962 2.330 2.581
(z)  1.282a 1.645b 1.960 2.326c 2.576d
a
This value has been rounded to 1.28 in the textbook. One tail Two tails
b
This value has been rounded to 1.65 in the textbook.
c
This value has been rounded to 2.33 in the textbook. Area
d
Area Area
This value has been rounded to 2.58 in the textbook. ␣ ␣ ␣
2 2
Source: Adapted from W. H. Beyer, Handbook of Tables for
Probability and Statistics, 2nd ed., CRC Press, Boca Raton,
Fla., 1986. Reprinted with permission. t t t
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Table G The Chi-Square Distribution

Degrees of A
freedom 0.995 0.99 0.975 0.95 0.90 0.10 0.05 0.025 0.01 0.005
1 — — 0.001 0.004 0.016 2.706 3.841 5.024 6.635 7.879
2 0.010 0.020 0.051 0.103 0.211 4.605 5.991 7.378 9.210 10.597
3 0.072 0.115 0.216 0.352 0.584 6.251 7.815 9.348 11.345 12.838
4 0.207 0.297 0.484 0.711 1.064 7.779 9.488 11.143 13.277 14.860
5 0.412 0.554 0.831 1.145 1.610 9.236 11.071 12.833 15.086 16.750
6 0.676 0.872 1.237 1.635 2.204 10.645 12.592 14.449 16.812 18.548
7 0.989 1.239 1.690 2.167 2.833 12.017 14.067 16.013 18.475 20.278
8 1.344 1.646 2.180 2.733 3.490 13.362 15.507 17.535 20.090 21.955
9 1.735 2.088 2.700 3.325 4.168 14.684 16.919 19.023 21.666 23.589
10 2.156 2.558 3.247 3.940 4.865 15.987 18.307 20.483 23.209 25.188
11 2.603 3.053 3.816 4.575 5.578 17.275 19.675 21.920 24.725 26.757
12 3.074 3.571 4.404 5.226 6.304 18.549 21.026 23.337 26.217 28.299
13 3.565 4.107 5.009 5.892 7.042 19.812 22.362 24.736 27.688 29.819
14 4.075 4.660 5.629 6.571 7.790 21.064 23.685 26.119 29.141 31.319
15 4.601 5.229 6.262 7.261 8.547 22.307 24.996 27.488 30.578 32.801
16 5.142 5.812 6.908 7.962 9.312 23.542 26.296 28.845 32.000 34.267
17 5.697 6.408 7.564 8.672 10.085 24.769 27.587 30.191 33.409 35.718
18 6.265 7.015 8.231 9.390 10.865 25.989 28.869 31.526 34.805 37.156
19 6.844 7.633 8.907 10.117 11.651 27.204 30.144 32.852 36.191 38.582
20 7.434 8.260 9.591 10.851 12.443 28.412 31.410 34.170 37.566 39.997
21 8.034 8.897 10.283 11.591 13.240 29.615 32.671 35.479 38.932 41.401
22 8.643 9.542 10.982 12.338 14.042 30.813 33.924 36.781 40.289 42.796
23 9.262 10.196 11.689 13.091 14.848 32.007 35.172 38.076 41.638 44.181
24 9.886 10.856 12.401 13.848 15.659 33.196 36.415 39.364 42.980 45.559
25 10.520 11.524 13.120 14.611 16.473 34.382 37.652 40.646 44.314 46.928
26 11.160 12.198 13.844 15.379 17.292 35.563 38.885 41.923 45.642 48.290
27 11.808 12.879 14.573 16.151 18.114 36.741 40.113 43.194 46.963 49.645
28 12.461 13.565 15.308 16.928 18.939 37.916 41.337 44.461 48.278 50.993
29 13.121 14.257 16.047 17.708 19.768 39.087 42.557 45.722 49.588 52.336
30 13.787 14.954 16.791 18.493 20.599 40.256 43.773 46.979 50.892 53.672
40 20.707 22.164 24.433 26.509 29.051 51.805 55.758 59.342 63.691 66.766
50 27.991 29.707 32.357 34.764 37.689 63.167 67.505 71.420 76.154 79.490
60 35.534 37.485 40.482 43.188 46.459 74.397 79.082 83.298 88.379 91.952
70 43.275 45.442 48.758 51.739 55.329 85.527 90.531 95.023 100.425 104.215
80 51.172 53.540 57.153 60.391 64.278 96.578 101.879 106.629 112.329 116.321
90 59.196 61.754 65.647 69.126 73.291 107.565 113.145 118.136 124.116 128.299
100 67.328 70.065 74.222 77.929 82.358 118.498 124.342 129.561 135.807 140.169
Source: Owen, Handbook of Statistical Tables, Table A–4 “Chi-Square Distribution Table,” © 1962 by
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewal © 1990. Reproduced by permission of
Pearson Education, Inc.

Area ␣

␹2