May 13, 2008

continuity correction

Normal Approximation, Continuity Correction

http://www.stat.yale.edu/Courses/1997-98/101/binom.htm

\\\ P[X = 100]\ becomes\ P[99.5\leq X\leq100.5] \\\ P[X\leq100]\ becomes\ P[X\leq100.5] \\\ P[X%3C100]\ becomes\ P[X\leq99.5]
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