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Confidence Intervals: a Computer Approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Paul Lazenby
Paul Lazenby*
Affiliation:
York 6th Form College, York Y02 1UR
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Extract

This article begins with the consideration of a short program designed to produce random values from a normal distribution and goes on to suggest how a similar program might be used to introduce confidence intervals to a group of A-level students. The programs are written in BASIC for the BBC microcomputer.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 70 , Issue 451 , March 1986 , pp. 23 - 26
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1986

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