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ereecah

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Adding or subtracting 0.5 from the binomial random variable x's interval endpoints (i.e., the so-called continuity correction) improves the normal approximation to the binomial by correcting for or accounting for the missing corners of the probability rectangles corresponding to values of x.
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Student's t-distribution is a sampling distribution for a random variable, t, derived from a normally distributed population, that is (1) single-peaked above the random variable's mean, median, and mode of zero, (2) perfectly symmetrical about this central value, and (3) characterized by tails extending indefinitely in both directions from the center, approaching, but never touching, the horizontal axis.
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Answer to Question 1

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ereecah

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Reply 2 on: Jul 24, 2018
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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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