Chapter 4. Confidence Intervals
Published Online: 9 MAR 2010
DOI: 10.1002/9780470586266.ch4
Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Book Title
Adjustment Computations: Spatial Data Analysis, Fifth Edition
Additional Information
How to Cite
Ghilani, C. D. (2010) Confidence Intervals, in Adjustment Computations: Spatial Data Analysis, Fifth Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/9780470586266.ch4
Publication History
- Published Online: 9 MAR 2010
- Published Print: 3 MAR 2010
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780470464915
Online ISBN: 9780470586266
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- confidence intervals;
- sample sets;
- number of samples;
- and values computed relationship - part of sampling distribution theory;
- distributions used in sampling theory;
- standard normal distribution - predicting range in which mean of population may exist;
- confidence interval for ratio of two population variances
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Introduction
Distributions Used in Sampling Theory
Confidence Interval for the Mean: t statistic
Testing the Validity of the Confidence Interval
Selecting a Sample Size
Confidence Interval for a Population Variance
Confidence Interval for the Ratio of Two Population Variances
Software
Problems