Chapter 8 – Estimation (Confidence Intervals)

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Vocabulary flashcards summarizing the essential confidence-interval formulas and related terms from Chapter 8.

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Confidence interval for a mean (σ known)

x̄ ± z* (σ / √n)

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Confidence interval for a mean (σ unknown)

x̄ ± t* (s / √n)

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Confidence interval for a population proportion

p̂ ± z* √[p̂(1 − p̂) / n]

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Margin of error (E)

critical value × standard error

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Point estimate of μ

sample mean (x̄)

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