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8.1 A Single Population Mean using the Normal Distribution

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Kuczmarski, Robert J., Cynthia L. Ogden, Shumei S. Guo, Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn, Katherine M. Flegal, Zuguo Mei, Rong Wei, Lester R. Curtin, Alex F. Roche, Clifford L. Johnson. “2000 CDC Growth Charts for the United States: Methods and Development.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/2000growthchart-us.pdf (accessed July 2, 2013).

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8.2 A Single Population Mean using the Student t Distribution

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Data from Microsoft Bookshelf.

Data from http://www.businessweek.com/.

Data from http://www.forbes.com/.

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8.3 A Population Proportion

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