In this note it is shown that P(η - ξ > 0) can easily be calculated using tables of the bivariate normal distribution, where ξ, η are independent, ξ has a normal distribution, and η has a truncated ...

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Small samples with censored data, when analyzed by large-sample methods, yield confidence intervals that are too short. This article presents tables for exact confidence limits for the parameters of a ...

The normal distribution (also known as the Gaussian distribution) is arguably the most important distribution in Statistics. It is often used to represent continuous random variables occurring in ...

Description: An introductory treatment of probability theory including distribution and density functions, moments, and random variables. Applications of normal and exponential distributions.

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