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what is the formula to calculate confidence intervals?

 May 12, 2014

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If you have found the mean value, μ, and standard deviation, s, of a sample data set, and the data is distributed like a normal (Gaussian) distribution, then the confidence interval can be expressed as the interval between μ-z*s/√n and  μ+z*s/√n, where n is the number of data points in your sample and z is a number that depends on the degree of confidence you require.  For example, if you want a 95% confidence interval then z is 1.96.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_interval, for example, for more details. 

 May 12, 2014
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If you have found the mean value, μ, and standard deviation, s, of a sample data set, and the data is distributed like a normal (Gaussian) distribution, then the confidence interval can be expressed as the interval between μ-z*s/√n and  μ+z*s/√n, where n is the number of data points in your sample and z is a number that depends on the degree of confidence you require.  For example, if you want a 95% confidence interval then z is 1.96.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_interval, for example, for more details. 

Alan May 12, 2014

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