Chapter 8. Estimating Population Means

  1. Michael R. Chernick1,
  2. Robert H. Friis2

Published Online: 11 APR 2003

DOI: 10.1002/0471458716.ch8

Book Title

Introductory Biostatistics for the Health Sciences: Modern Applications Including Bootstrap

Introductory Biostatistics for the Health Sciences: Modern Applications Including Bootstrap

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How to Cite

Chernick, M. R. and Friis, R. H. (2003) Estimating Population Means, in Introductory Biostatistics for the Health Sciences: Modern Applications Including Bootstrap, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471458716.ch8

Author Information

  1. 1

    Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey, USA

  2. 2

    California State University, Long Beach, California, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 11 APR 2003
  2. Published Print: 21 FEB 2003

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780471411376

Online ISBN: 9780471458715

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Keywords:

  • estimation;
  • hypothesis testing;
  • point estimates;
  • confidence intervals;
  • z statistic;
  • t statistic

Summary

  • Making estimations

  • Drawing conclusions from hypothesis tests

  • Predictions of future observations

  • Point and interval estimates of population parameters

  • Bias properties of some common estimates

  • Mean square error as an estimate of bias

  • Confidence intervals for a single population mean

  • Critical points for two-sided confidence intervals

  • Comparing the difference between means of samples selected from two populations

  • Bootstrap percentile method for determining confidence intervals

  • Sample size estimation

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