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Statistics For Dummies
Statistics For Dummies
Statistics For Dummies
From Statistics For Dummies by Deborah Rumsey Statistics is about discovering mathematical relationships within collected data. To do that, you come up with a hypothesis, test that hypothesis, and find out how accurate your educated guess turned out to be. You use a variety of formulas to come up with all this statistical data.
your results. The larger the Z-value, the more confidence you can have in your results. The following table shows confidence levels and corresponding Z-values: Confidence Level 80% 85% 90% Z-Value 1.28 1.44 1.64 Confidence Level 95% 98% 99% Z-Value 1.96 2.33 2.58