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206 CHAPTER 6 ESTIMATION<br />

• df degrees of freedom<br />

• F F-distribution<br />

• m mean of population<br />

• n sample size<br />

• p proportion for population<br />

• q (1 p)<br />

• pN estimated proportion for sample<br />

• s 2 population variance<br />

• s population standard deviation<br />

• s x standard error<br />

• s standard deviation of sample<br />

• s p pooled standard deviation<br />

• t Student’s t-transformation<br />

• t Cochran’s correction to t<br />

• x mean of sample<br />

• z standard normal distribution<br />

REVIEW QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES<br />

1. What is statistical inference<br />

2. Why is estimation an important type of inference<br />

3. What is a point estimate<br />

4. Explain the meaning of unbiasedness.<br />

5. Define the following:<br />

(a) Reliability coefficient (c) Precision (e) Estimator<br />

(b) Confidence coefficient (d) Standard error (f) Margin of error<br />

6. Give the general formula for a confidence interval.<br />

7. State the probabilistic and practical interpretations of a confidence interval.<br />

8. Of what use is the central limit theorem in estimation<br />

9. Describe the t distribution.<br />

10. What are the assumptions underlying the use of the t distribution in estimating a single population<br />

mean<br />

11. What is the finite population correction When can it be ignored<br />

12. What are the assumptions underlying the use of the t distribution in estimating the difference<br />

between two population means<br />

13. Arterial blood gas analyses performed on a sample of 15 physically active adult males yielded the<br />

following resting PaO 2 values:<br />

75, 80, 80, 74, 84, 78, 89, 72, 83, 76, 75, 87, 78, 79, 88

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