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Inferential Statistics Cases

Copyright © 2007–2008 by Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems

Summary:  This table organizes procedures for inferential statistics into a chart of Cases. If you print this page, use Landscape mode for best results.

See also:  Triage: Which Inferential Stats Case Should I Use?

Case Number
and Description
Text
Sec.
Pop. Param. TI-83/84/89 Procedures
CIHTMore Information
* These cases are not required for TC3 MATH200.
0One pop. mean, known σ 10.2, 9.1 μ ZIntervalZ-Test  
1One pop. mean, unknown σ 10.3, 9.2 μ TIntervalT-Test  
1S*One pop. standard dev. C.2, C.3 σ nonenone
2One pop. proportion 10.4, 9.3 p 1-PropZInt1-PropZTest  
3Mean difference for paired data 11.1 μd TIntervalT-Test
4Difference of 2 indep. pop. means 11.2 μ1−μ2 2-SampTInt2-SampTTest  
4S*Two pop. standard dev. none σ12 none2-SampFTest  
5Difference of 2 pop. proportions 11.3 p1−p2 2-PropZInt2-PropZTest  
6Goodness of fit (GOF) or multinomial 12.1 n/a n/aTI-83/84: (GOF program)
TI-89: Chi2 GOF
7Independence or homogeneity
(in contingency table)
12.2 n/a n/aTI-83/84: χ²-Test
TI-89: Chi2 2-way
 
8*Equality of several pop means C.4 μ1, μ2, μ3, ... n/aANOVA  
9Linear correlation coefficient 4.1 ρ or r (CORINFER program)LinRegTTest or (CORINFER program)
Check with instructor whether you need the full treatment or just Decision Points for Correlation Coefficient.
10B*Slope of regression line 12.3 β1 TI-83: (REGINFER program)
TI-84: LinRegTInt or (REGINFER program)
TI-89: LinRegTInt
LinRegTTest or (CORINFER program)
10Y*Predicted values of y 12.4 μy|xj, yj (REGINFER program)n/a

Acknowledgement: This table was inspired by Dabes & Janik's Statistics Manual (1999) page 163; I have modified the format substantially and added cases 1S, 4S, 8, 9, 10B, 10Y.


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