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Old 09-16-2002, 09:13 AM
BruceZ BruceZ is offline
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Default Re: Confidence Levels?

sqrt(1/2pi)exp[-(x-u)^2/(2*sigma)]

for the general formula has a typo. I think the correct formula is

sqrt(1/(2 pi))/sigma * exp(-(x-u)^2/(2*sigma^2)).


You are correct. (x-u)/sigma will convert any normally disributed random variable to standard normal.
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