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\begin{align*}
m \amp = \frac{R_1 + \dotsb + R_{100}}{100}. \\
\E(m) \amp = \E\left(\frac{R_1 + \dotsb + R_{100}}{100}\right) \\
\amp = \frac{1}{100}\left[\E(R_1) + \dotsb + \E(R_{100})\right] \\
\amp = \frac{1}{100}(100)(3.5) \\
\amp = 3.5 \\
\Var(m) \amp = \Var\left(\frac{R_1 + \dotsb + R_{100}}{100}\right) \\
\amp = \frac{1}{100^2} \left[\Var(R_1) + \dotsb + \Var(R_{100}) \right] \\
\amp = \frac{1}{100^2} (100)\left(\frac{35}{12}\right) \\
\amp = \frac{35}{1200}
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<div class="para">So, by the CLT, <span class="process-math">\(m \approx \Norm\left(3.5, \frac{35}{1200}\right)\text{.}\)</span> Even though <span class="process-math">\(m\)</span> takes on decimal values, it’s still a discrete random variable. The sum of the rolls can only take on integer values, so <span class="process-math">\(m\)</span> will take on the values <span class="process-math">\(1.00, 1.01, \dotsc, 5.99, 6.00\text{.}\)</span> Last time, we described the continuity correction as "extending the range by half a unit’s width in each direction". Here, the width of one unit is <span class="process-math">\(0.01\text{.}\)</span> So:</div>
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\Pr(3.45 \leq m \leq 3.55) \amp \approx \Pr\left( \frac{3.4445 - 3.5}{\sqrt{35/1200}} \leq Z \leq \frac{3.555 - 3.5}{\sqrt{35/1200}}\right) \\
\amp \approx \Pr(-0.32 \leq Z \leq 0.32) \\
\amp = \Phi(0.32) - \Phi(-0.32) \\
\amp \approx 0.6255 - 0.3745 \\
\amp = 0.2510.
\end{align*}
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<span class="type">Subsection</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber"></span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="title">Confidence Intervals</span>
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<div class="para">Idea: suppose we collected (i.i.d.) measurements <span class="process-math">\(X_1, \dotsc, X_n\)</span> which have some population mean <span class="process-math">\(\mu\)</span> and variance <span class="process-math">\(\sigma^2\text{.}\)</span> We calculate the average:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="notes-02-24-4-2-4">
\begin{gather*}
A_n = \frac{A_1 + \dotsb + A_n}{n}
\end{gather*}
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<div class="para">and we want to estimate the value of <span class="process-math">\(\mu\)</span> from the collected data. Previously, we’ve discussed the MLE, the single most likely estimate of the parameter. Now, we’d like to give a range <span class="process-math">\([\mu_{\ell}, \mu_h]\)</span> where we can say something like: "we are 95% confident that <span class="process-math">\(\mu \in [\mu_{\ell}, \mu_h]\text{.}\)</span>"</div>
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<div class="para" id="notes-02-24-4-3">From the CLT, if <span class="process-math">\(n\)</span> is large enough, we approximate <span class="process-math">\(A_n \approx \Norm\left(\mu, \frac{\sigma^2}{n}\right)\text{.}\)</span> We can think of an interval centered at <span class="process-math">\(\mu\)</span> as a collection of numbers within a certain distance <span class="process-math">\(d\)</span> of <span class="process-math">\(\mu\text{.}\)</span> We’d like to choose a distance so that our measured <span class="process-math">\(A_n\)</span> is within <span class="process-math">\(d\)</span> of <span class="process-math">\(\mu\text{.}\)</span> We can shift our point of view here: if <span class="process-math">\(A_n\)</span> is within <span class="process-math">\(d\)</span> of <span class="process-math">\(\mu\text{,}\)</span> then <span class="process-math">\(\mu\)</span> is within <span class="process-math">\(d\)</span> of <span class="process-math">\(A_n\text{.}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#notes-02-24-4-3" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para">To pick the distance <span class="process-math">\(d\text{,}\)</span> we want to make our interval large enough so that there’s only a small amount of area under the normal curve outside of the interval. So:</div>
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<div class="para" id="notes-02-24-4-5-2-1-1">Pick some value <span class="process-math">\(\alpha \in (0, 1)\)</span> (representing the area under the curve outside the interval)<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#notes-02-24-4-5-2-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para" id="notes-02-24-4-5-2-2-1">Let <span class="process-math">\(c_{\alpha} = \Phi^{-1}\left(1 - \frac{\alpha}{2}\right)\)</span> (this is the standardized <span class="process-math">\(z\)</span>-score of the right-hand side of the interval)<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#notes-02-24-4-5-2-2-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para">Then, the interval will be:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="notes-02-24-4-5-2-3-1-1">
\begin{gather*}
\left[A_n - c_{\alpha} \sqrt{\frac{\sigma^2}{n}}, A_n + c_{\alpha} \sqrt{\frac{\sigma^2}{n}}\right].
\end{gather*}
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<div class="para" id="notes-02-24-4-6">For <span class="process-math">\(\alpha = 0.05\text{,}\)</span> we’ll have <span class="process-math">\(c_{\alpha} = \Phi^{-1}\left(1 - \frac{0.05}{2}\right) = \Phi^{-1}(0.975) = 1.96\text{.}\)</span> So:<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#notes-02-24-4-6" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<span class="type">Theorem</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">120</span><span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span>
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<div class="para logical" id="notes-02-24-4-7-1-1">
<div class="para">The 95% confidence limits are given by:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="notes-02-24-4-7-1-1-1">
\begin{align*}
\mu_{\ell} \amp = A_n - 1.96 \sqrt{\frac{\sigma^2}{n}} \\
\mu_{h} \amp = A_n + 1.96 \sqrt{\frac{\sigma^2}{n}}
\end{align*}
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<span class="type">Definition</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">121</span><span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span>
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<div class="para" id="notes-02-24-4-8-1-1">The term <span class="process-math">\(\sqrt{\frac{\sigma^2}{n}}\)</span> is called the <dfn class="terminology">standard error of the mean</dfn>. (It’s the standard deviation of <span class="process-math">\(A_n\text{.}\)</span>)<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#notes-02-24-4-8-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<span class="type">Definition</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">122</span><span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span>
</h4>
<div class="para logical" id="notes-02-24-4-10-1-1">
<div class="para">Let <span class="process-math">\(X_1, \dotsc, X_n\)</span> be (i.i.d.) measurements. Then the <dfn class="terminology">sample mean</dfn> is:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="notes-02-24-4-10-1-1-3">
\begin{gather*}
A_n = \frac{X_1 + \dotsb + X_n}{n}
\end{gather*}
</div>
<div class="para">and the <dfn class="terminology">sample variance</dfn> is:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="notes-02-24-4-10-1-1-5">
\begin{gather*}
s^2 = \frac{\sum (X_i - A_n)^2}{n - 1} = \frac{\left(\sum X_i^2\right) - n(A_n^2)}{n - 1}
\end{gather*}
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<div class="para">So, we can adjust the confidence limits from the theorem:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="notes-02-24-4-12-1">
\begin{align*}
\mu_{\ell} \amp = A_n - 1.96 \sqrt{\frac{s^2}{n}} \\
\mu_{h} \amp = A_n + 1.96 \sqrt{\frac{s^2}{n}}
\end{align*}
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<span class="type">Example</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">123</span><span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span>
</h4>
<div class="para" id="notes-02-24-4-13-1-1">Suppose we’re given measurements <span class="process-math">\(X_1, X_2, X_3, X_4, X_5\)</span> below.<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#notes-02-24-4-13-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<tr class="header-horizontal">
<th scope="col" class="c m b1 r0 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(i\)</span></th>
<th scope="col" class="c m b1 r0 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(X_i\)</span></th>
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<td class="c m b0 r0 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(1\)</span></td>
<td class="c m b0 r0 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(19.2\)</span></td>
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<td class="c m b0 r0 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(2\)</span></td>
<td class="c m b0 r0 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(20.1\)</span></td>
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<td class="c m b0 r0 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(3\)</span></td>
<td class="c m b0 r0 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(21.3\)</span></td>
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<td class="c m b0 r0 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(4\)</span></td>
<td class="c m b0 r0 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(20.7\)</span></td>
</tr>
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<td class="c m b0 r0 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(5\)</span></td>
<td class="c m b0 r0 l0 t0 lines"><span class="process-math">\(19.8\)</span></td>
</tr>
</table></div> <div class="para logical" id="notes-02-24-4-13-1-3">
<div class="para">We’re just practicing the computation here, so we’ll pretend that 5 measurements is large enough for the CLT to apply.</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="notes-02-24-4-13-1-3-1">
\begin{align*}
A_n \amp = \frac{19.2 + \dotsb + 19.8}{5} = 20.22 \\
\sum X_i^2 \amp = 19.2^2 + \dotsb + 19.8^2 = 2046.87 \\
s^2 \amp = \frac{2046.87 - 5(20.22^2)}{4} = 0.657 \\
\sqrt{\frac{s^2}{n}} \amp = \sqrt{\frac{0.657}{5}} \approx 0.362 \\
\mu_{\ell} \amp = 20.22 - 1.96(0.362) \approx 19.51 \\
\mu_{h} \amp = 20.22 + 1.96(0.362) \approx 20.93
\end{align*}
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<span class="type">Example</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">124</span><span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span>
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<div class="para" id="notes-02-24-4-15-1-1">Suppose we flip a coin 100 times and see 40 heads. Find a 98% confidence interval for the bias <span class="process-math">\(p\text{.}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#notes-02-24-4-15-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para">Let <span class="process-math">\(H_1, \dotsc, H_{100}\)</span> indicate heads on each flip. Let <span class="process-math">\(S_{100} = H_1 + \dotsb + H_{100}\)</span> and <span class="process-math">\(A_n = \frac{S_n}{n}\text{.}\)</span> Then:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="notes-02-24-4-15-1-2-4">
\begin{align*}
\E(A_n) \amp = \E\left(\frac{S_n}{n}\right) = \frac{1}{n}\E(S_n) = \frac{1}{n} np = p
\end{align*}
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<div class="para">So a 98% confidence interval for <span class="process-math">\(p\)</span> is also a 98% confidence interval for <span class="process-math">\(p\text{.}\)</span>
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<div class="para">In this setting, we can simplify the computation of <span class="process-math">\(s^2\)</span> and <span class="process-math">\(\sqrt{\frac{s^2}{n}}\text{,}\)</span> using our knowledge of the binomial distribution <span class="process-math">\(S_n\text{.}\)</span>
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<div class="displaymath process-math" id="notes-02-24-4-15-1-3-4">
\begin{align*}
\Var(S_n) \amp = np(1 - p) \\
\Var(A_n) \amp = \Var\left(\frac{S_n}{n}\right) = \frac{1}{n^2} \Var(S_n) = \frac{1}{n^2} np(1-p) = \frac{p(1-p)}{n}
\end{align*}
</div>
<div class="para">So <span class="process-math">\(s^2 = p(1 - p)\)</span> and <span class="process-math">\(\sqrt{\frac{s^2}{n}} = \sqrt{\frac{p(1-p)}{n}}\text{.}\)</span> We don’t know the value of <span class="process-math">\(p\text{,}\)</span> so we’ll use the MLE <span class="process-math">\(\widehat{p} = \frac{40}{100} = 0.4\text{.}\)</span> So:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="notes-02-24-4-15-1-3-9">
\begin{gather*}
\sqrt{\frac{s^2}{n}} = \sqrt{\frac{(0.4)(0.6)}{100}} \approx 0.049.
\end{gather*}
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<div class="para">For a 98% confidence interval, we have <span class="process-math">\(\alpha = 1 - 0.98 = 0.02\text{,}\)</span> so:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="notes-02-24-4-15-1-4-2">
\begin{gather*}
c_{\alpha} = \Phi^{-1}\left(1 - \frac{\alpha}{2}\right) = \Phi^{-1}(0.99) \approx 2.33.
\end{gather*}
</div>
<div class="para">Then, the confidence limits are:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="notes-02-24-4-15-1-4-3">
\begin{align*}
p_{\ell} \amp = 0.4 - 2.33(0.049) \approx 0.286 \\
p_{h} \amp = 0.4 + 2.33(0.049) \approx 0.514
\end{align*}
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<div class="para">For comparison, the 95% confidence limits are:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="notes-02-24-4-15-1-4-4">
\begin{align*}
p_{\ell} \amp = 0.4 - 1.96(0.049) \approx 0.304 \\
p_{h} \amp = 0.4 + 1.96(0.049) \approx 0.496
\end{align*}
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