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t-Test

The figure below shows the relationship between confidence intervals and the result of a t-test. (a) The shaded area under the normal distribution curve shows the confidence interval for the sample based […]

Central Limit Theorem

According to the central limit theorem, when an analysis is subject to a variety of indeterminate errors, the distribution of results for that analysis will approximate a normal distribution. As the number […]

Normal Distribution

A binomial distribution describes a population whose members have only certain, discrete values. This is the case with the number of 13C atoms in cholesterol. A molecule of cholesterol, for example, can […]