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Formulas: statistics, grade 11 (4 units)

The mean and the standard deviation

  • The mean – f1,…,fn\displaystyle f_1, \dots, f_n the frequencies, N\displaystyle N the number of data
    xˉ=x1f1+x2f2+⋯+xnfnN\displaystyle \bar{x}=\frac{x_1f_1+x_2f_2+\dots+x_nf_n}{N}
  • The standard deviation
    S=(x1−xˉ)2f1+(x2−xˉ)2f2+⋯+(xn−xˉ)2fnN\displaystyle S=\sqrt{\frac{(x_1-\bar{x})^{2}f_1+(x_2-\bar{x})^{2}f_2+\dots+(x_n-\bar{x})^{2}f_n}{N}}

The standard score

  • The standard score of the value x\displaystyle x
    z=x−xˉS\displaystyle z=\frac{x-\bar{x}}{S}
  • The value whose standard score is z\displaystyle z
    x=xˉ+z⋅S\displaystyle x=\bar{x}+z\cdot S

The normal distribution

  • The standard score in a normal distribution – μ\displaystyle \mu the mean, σ\displaystyle \sigma the standard deviation
    z=x−μσ\displaystyle z=\frac{x-\mu}{\sigma}
  • Within one standard deviation of the mean
    P(μ−σ<X<μ+σ)≈68%\displaystyle P(\mu-\sigma<X<\mu+\sigma)\approx68\%
  • Within two standard deviations of the mean
    P(μ−2σ<X<μ+2σ)≈95%\displaystyle P(\mu-2\sigma<X<\mu+2\sigma)\approx95\%
  • Above a standard score
    P(Z>z)=1−P(Z<z)\displaystyle P(Z>z)=1-P(Z<z)
  • The curve’s symmetry
    P(Z>z)=P(Z<−z)\displaystyle P(Z>z)=P(Z<-z)
  • Between two standard scores
    P(z1<Z<z2)=P(Z<z2)−P(Z<z1)\displaystyle P(z_1<Z<z_2)=P(Z<z_2)-P(Z<z_1)

The cumulative standard normal table

  • In the table: the row – z\displaystyle z to its first decimal place; the column – the second. In a negative row the column goes further from 0: row −1.2\displaystyle -1.2, column 3 holds Φ(−1.23)\displaystyle \Phi(-1.23).
    Φ(z)=P(Z<z)\displaystyle \Phi(z)=P(Z<z)
z0123456789
-3.00.00130.00130.00130.00120.00120.00110.00110.00110.00100.0010
-2.90.00190.00180.00180.00170.00160.00160.00150.00150.00140.0014
-2.80.00260.00250.00240.00230.00230.00220.00210.00210.00200.0019
-2.70.00350.00340.00330.00320.00310.00300.00290.00280.00270.0026
-2.60.00470.00450.00440.00430.00410.00400.00390.00380.00370.0036
-2.50.00620.00600.00590.00570.00550.00540.00520.00510.00490.0048
-2.40.00820.00800.00780.00750.00730.00710.00690.00680.00660.0064
-2.30.01070.01040.01020.00990.00960.00940.00910.00890.00870.0084
-2.20.01390.01360.01320.01290.01250.01220.01190.01160.01130.0110
-2.10.01790.01740.01700.01660.01620.01580.01540.01500.01460.0143
-2.00.02280.02220.02170.02120.02070.02020.01970.01920.01880.0183
-1.90.02870.02810.02740.02680.02620.02560.02500.02440.02390.0233
-1.80.03590.03510.03440.03360.03290.03220.03140.03070.03010.0294
-1.70.04460.04360.04270.04180.04090.04010.03920.03840.03750.0367
-1.60.05480.05370.05260.05160.05050.04950.04850.04750.04650.0455
-1.50.06680.06550.06430.06300.06180.06060.05940.05820.05710.0559
-1.40.08080.07930.07780.07640.07490.07350.07210.07080.06940.0681
-1.30.09680.09510.09340.09180.09010.08850.08690.08530.08380.0823
-1.20.11510.11310.11120.10930.10750.10560.10380.10200.10030.0985
-1.10.13570.13350.13140.12920.12710.12510.12300.12100.11900.1170
-1.00.15870.15620.15390.15150.14920.14690.14460.14230.14010.1379
-0.90.18410.18140.17880.17620.17360.17110.16850.16600.16350.1611
-0.80.21190.20900.20610.20330.20050.19770.19490.19220.18940.1867
-0.70.24200.23890.23580.23270.22960.22660.22360.22060.21770.2148
-0.60.27430.27090.26760.26430.26110.25780.25460.25140.24830.2451
-0.50.30850.30500.30150.29810.29460.29120.28770.28430.28100.2776
-0.40.34460.34090.33720.33360.33000.32640.32280.31920.31560.3121
-0.30.38210.37830.37450.37070.36690.36320.35940.35570.35200.3483
-0.20.42070.41680.41290.40900.40520.40130.39740.39360.38970.3859
-0.10.46020.45620.45220.44830.44430.44040.43640.43250.42860.4247
-0.00.50000.49600.49200.48800.48400.48010.47610.47210.46810.4641
0.00.50000.50400.50800.51200.51600.51990.52390.52790.53190.5359
0.10.53980.54380.54780.55170.55570.55960.56360.56750.57140.5753
0.20.57930.58320.58710.59100.59480.59870.60260.60640.61030.6141
0.30.61790.62170.62550.62930.63310.63680.64060.64430.64800.6517
0.40.65540.65910.66280.66640.67000.67360.67720.68080.68440.6879
0.50.69150.69500.69850.70190.70540.70880.71230.71570.71900.7224
0.60.72570.72910.73240.73570.73890.74220.74540.74860.75170.7549
0.70.75800.76110.76420.76730.77040.77340.77640.77940.78230.7852
0.80.78810.79100.79390.79670.79950.80230.80510.80780.81060.8133
0.90.81590.81860.82120.82380.82640.82890.83150.83400.83650.8389
1.00.84130.84380.84610.84850.85080.85310.85540.85770.85990.8621
1.10.86430.86650.86860.87080.87290.87490.87700.87900.88100.8830
1.20.88490.88690.88880.89070.89250.89440.89620.89800.89970.9015
1.30.90320.90490.90660.90820.90990.91150.91310.91470.91620.9177
1.40.91920.92070.92220.92360.92510.92650.92790.92920.93060.9319
1.50.93320.93450.93570.93700.93820.93940.94060.94180.94290.9441
1.60.94520.94630.94740.94840.94950.95050.95150.95250.95350.9545
1.70.95540.95640.95730.95820.95910.95990.96080.96160.96250.9633
1.80.96410.96490.96560.96640.96710.96780.96860.96930.96990.9706
1.90.97130.97190.97260.97320.97380.97440.97500.97560.97610.9767
2.00.97720.97780.97830.97880.97930.97980.98030.98080.98120.9817
2.10.98210.98260.98300.98340.98380.98420.98460.98500.98540.9857
2.20.98610.98640.98680.98710.98750.98780.98810.98840.98870.9890
2.30.98930.98960.98980.99010.99040.99060.99090.99110.99130.9916
2.40.99180.99200.99220.99250.99270.99290.99310.99320.99340.9936
2.50.99380.99400.99410.99430.99450.99460.99480.99490.99510.9952
2.60.99530.99550.99560.99570.99590.99600.99610.99620.99630.9964
2.70.99650.99660.99670.99680.99690.99700.99710.99720.99730.9974
2.80.99740.99750.99760.99770.99770.99780.99790.99790.99800.9981
2.90.99810.99820.99820.99830.99840.99840.99850.99850.99860.9986
3.00.99870.99870.99870.99880.99880.99890.99890.99890.99900.9990

The correlation coefficient

  • From raw data
    r=1N⋅Sx⋅Sy[(x1−xˉ)(y1−yˉ)+⋯+(xN−xˉ)(yN−yˉ)]\displaystyle r=\frac{1}{N\cdot S_x\cdot S_y}\left[(x_1-\bar{x})(y_1-\bar{y})+\dots+(x_N-\bar{x})(y_N-\bar{y})\right]
  • From standardised data – zx\displaystyle z_x, zy\displaystyle z_y the standard scores
    r=1N[(zx)1(zy)1+⋯+(zx)N(zy)N]\displaystyle r=\frac{1}{N}\left[(z_x)_1(z_y)_1+\dots+(z_x)_N(z_y)_N\right]
  • Always between −1\displaystyle -1 and 1\displaystyle 1
    −1≤r≤1\displaystyle -1\le r\le1

The regression line

  • The slope of the regression line
    m=r⋅SySx\displaystyle m=r\cdot\frac{S_y}{S_x}
  • The regression line predicting y\displaystyle y from x\displaystyle x – through the point of the means
    y−yˉ=m(x−xˉ)\displaystyle y-\bar{y}=m(x-\bar{x})