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Hints:
Consider the diagram below and notice that there is a left tail and a right tail
that must make a combined 0.05
area.
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Use the fact that the sampling distribution (X
distribution) has mean m and standard
deviation s divided by the square root of
n.
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To find a probability that involves the mean use

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a is the lower
bound. Use -99999 if there is no
lower bound (negative infinity).
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b is the upper
bound. Use 99999 if there is no
upper bound (infinity).
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m is the
population mean
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s is the
population standard deviation
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n is the sample
size.
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To find a percentile or quartile:
Q1 = 25th percentile and
Q3 = 75th percentile, use
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Other wordings are find the value such that 30% (x
= 0.3) of the data lies below the value. If you want to find
the value such that a given percentage lies above that value, use the rule
of complements. For example if 10%
lies above, then 90% lies below.
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Use the fact that the distribution of a sum of values
has mean nm
and standard deviation s times the square
root of n.
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To find a probability that involves the sum use

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To find the
Inter-Quartile-Range (IQR), find the first quartile (25th
percentile) and the third quartile (75th
percentile) and subtract.
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