\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. 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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Margin of Error and the Interval Estimate}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} A point estimator cannot be expected to provide the exact value of the population parameter. & An interval estimate can be computed by adding and subtracting a margin of error to the point estimate. Point Estimate +/- Margin of Error \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 8) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} The purpose of an interval estimate is to provide information about how close the point estimate is to the value of the parameter. & The general form of an interval estimate of a population mean is: 𝑥 ̅ + Margin of Error \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 7) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Interval Estimate of a Pop. Mean: }} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Interval Estimate: 𝑥 ̅± 𝑡(𝛼/2) s/√𝑛 & 𝑥 ̅=the sample mean, 1-a=the confidence coefficient, t(a/2)=the t value providing an area of a/2 in the upper tail of a t distribution with n-1 degrees of freedom, s=the sample standard deviation, n=the sample size \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 11) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{n=30 is usually an adequate sample size} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Interval Estimate of a Pop. Mean: }} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Interval Estimate of Mean: 𝑥 ̅± 𝑧(𝛼/2) 𝜎/√𝑛 & 𝑥 ̅ is the sample mean, 1-a is the confidence coefficient, z(a/2) is the z value providing an area of a/2 in the upper tail of the standard normal probability distribution, 𝜎 is the population standard deviation, n is the sample size \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 13) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sample Size for an Int.l Estimate of a Pop. Mean}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Margin of Error: 𝐸=𝑧(𝛼/2) 𝜎/√𝑛 & Necessary Sample Size: n = 𝑧(𝛼/2) )\textasciicircum{}2 𝜎\textasciicircum{}2)/𝐸\textasciicircum{}2 \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Interval Estimate of a Population Proportion}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} The general form of an interval estimate of a population proportion is: 𝑝 ̅ + Margin of Error & Interval Estimate: \seqsplit{𝑝 ̅±𝑧(𝛼/2)} \seqsplit{√𝑝 ̅(1−𝑝 ̅)/𝑛)} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Margin of Error: E = 𝑧(𝛼/2) \seqsplit{√𝑝 ̅(1−𝑝 ̅)/𝑛} & Necessary Sample Size: 𝑛=𝑧(𝛼/2)\textasciicircum{}2 𝑝∗ (1−𝑝∗ )/𝐸\textasciicircum{}2 \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{𝑝∗=.5} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}