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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*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Section 1}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{A point estimator is a statistic that provides an estimate of a population parameter. The value of that statistic from a sample is called a point estimate. Ideally, a point estimate is our "best guess" at the value of an unknown parameter.} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{A confidence interval for a parameter has two parts: An interval calculated from the data, which has the form estimate +/- margin of error} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{The margin of error tells how close the estimate tends to be to the unknown parameter in repeated random sampling.} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{A confidence level C, which gives the overall success rate of the method for calculating the confidence interval. That is, in C\% of all possible samples, the method would yield an interval that captures the true parameter value.} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 5) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Confidence Level: To say that we are 95\% confident is shorthand for "95\% of all possible samples of a given size from this population will result in an interval that captures the unknown parameter."} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 4) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Confidence Interval: To interpret a C\% confidence interval for an unknown parameter, say "We are C\% confident that the interval from \_\_\_ to \_\_\_ captures the actual value of the population parameter in context."} \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 5) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{The confidence interval for estimating a population parameter has the form statistic +/- (critical value) *(standard deviation of statistic) where the statistic we use is the point estimator for the parameter.} \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 5) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Section 1 (cont)}} \tn % Row 7 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Random: The data come from a well-designed random sample or randomized experiment.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Normal: The sampling distribution of the statistic is approximately Normal.} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Independent: Individual observations are independent. When sampling without replacement, the sample size n should be no more that 10\% of the population size N (the 10\% condition) to use our formula for the standard deviation of the statistic.} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 5) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{To estimate an unknown population parameter, start with a statistic that provides a reasonable guess. The chosen statistic is a point estimator for the parameter. The specific value of the point estimator that we use gives a point estimate for the parameter.} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 6) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{A confidence interval uses sample data to estimate an unknown population parameter with an indication of hoe precise the estimate is and of how confident we are that the result is correct.} \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 4) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{The confidence level C is the success rate of the method that produces the interval. If you use the 95\% confidence intervals often, in the long run 95\% of your intervals will contain the true parameter value. You don't know whether a 95\% confidence interval calculated from a particular set of data actually captures the true parameter value.} \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 7) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Other things being equal, the margin of error of a confidence interval gets smaller as: the confidence level C decreases, and as the sample size n increases.} \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.55618 cm} x{1.51041 cm} x{1.51041 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Section 2}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Standard Error & When the standard deviation of a statistic is estimated from data, the result is called the standard error of the statistic. & Notice that we replaced the standard deviation of p\textasciicircum{} with the formula for its standard error. The resulting interval is sometimes called a one-sample z interval for a population proportion. \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 15) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} One-Sample z Interval for a Population Proportion & An appropriate level C confidence interval for p is p\textasciicircum{} +/- z{\emph{ (p\textasciicircum{}}}q/n)\textasciicircum{}1/2 & Use this interval only when the numbers of successes and failures in the sample are both at least 10 and the population is at least 10 times as large as the sample. \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 13) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Confidence Intervals: A Four Step Process & State: What parameter do you want to estimate, and at what confidence level? Plan: Identify the appropriate inference method. Check conditions. Do: If the conditions are met, perform \seqsplit{calculations.} Conclude: Interpret your interval in the context of the problem. & The margin of error in a confidence interval includes only sampling variability. \tn % Row Count 49 (+ 21) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.55618 cm} x{1.51041 cm} x{1.51041 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Section 2 (cont)}} \tn % Row 3 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Sample Size for Desired Margin of Error & z* (p\textasciicircum{}q/n)\textasciicircum{}1/2 \textless{} ME & The margin of error will always be less than or equal to ME if you take p\textasciicircum{} to be 0.5 \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 7) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}