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7.
Product and Process Comparisons
7.4. Comparisons based on data from more than two processes 7.4.3. Are the means equal?
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| Confidence intervals for the difference between two means |
This page shows how to construct a confidence interval around
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| Formula for the confidence interval |
The formula for a
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Computation of the confidence interval for
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For the example, we have the following quantities for the
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That is, the confidence interval is from 1.604 to 4.836. |
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| Additional 95% confidence intervals |
A 95% confidence interval for
A 95% confidence interval for
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| Contrasts discussed later | Later on the topic of estimating more general linear combinations of means (primarily contrasts) will be discussed, including how to put confidence bounds around contrasts. | ||