Interval Estimate:
- Interval estimation is the process of calculate the interval for possible value of unknown parameter in the population.
- It is calculate in the use of sample data and contrast to the point estimation. It is different from the point estimation. It is the outcome of a statistical analysis.
- A frequents Method or Confidence interval
- A Bayesian method or credible intervals
- Tolerance interval
- Prediction interval
Construction of interval estimates parameter:
The normal form of interval estimate of the population parameter is,- Point estimate of parameter and
- Plus or minus margin of error
Margin of error:
- The amount which is subtracted or added from the point estimate of the statistic and produce the parameter interval estimate is known as the margin of error.
- The margin of error size depends on the following factors:
- Sampling distribution type of sample statistics.
- Area under sampling distribution percentage that includes the researchers decision.Usually we consider the confident level as 90%, 95%, 99%.
- The interval of each interval estimates are constructed in the region of the point estimate with its confident level.
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Construction of Interval estimate for Population mean
- Take the point estimate of μ that is the sample mean`vecx`
- Define the mean distribution for the sample.When the value of n is large we have to use the central limit theorem. And is the normal distribution with the,
standard deviation `sigma``vecx` = `sigma/sqrt(n)`
and mean μ.
- Choose the most common confident level as 95%
- Find the margin of error which is related with the confidence level.
- The area under the curve of the sample means the normal distribution contains the 95% of the interval from.
z= -1.96 to z= 1.96
- The interval estimate for 95 % is,
`vecx`- 1.96 (`sigma/sqrt(n)` ) to `vecx``sigma/sqrt(n)`