How to calculate Confidence Intervals and Margin of Error

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  • čas přidán 11. 07. 2011
  • Tutorial on how to calculate the confidence interval and margin of error (interval estimate). Include an example and some discussion on the bell curve and z scores.
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  • @pfilliptepper493
    @pfilliptepper493 Před 10 lety +181

    I'm 95% more confident that I will get a better grade on my final tomorrow. Thank you so much, man!

  • @statisticsfun
    @statisticsfun  Před 11 lety +23

    Thank you for you compliments.
    I use a variety of different software including photoshop, illustrator, HTML5, Final Cut, GarageBand and a few other products. Each video takes me a long time to create. My rule of thumb is each minute of video takes about 12 hours to create, so a 7 minute video takes me about 84 hours of development time. Besides the technology I use, I have done a tremendous amount of research on how students learn via animations and the impact of color and narration.

  • @erickdeonarine735
    @erickdeonarine735 Před 10 lety +27

    I'm a visual learner, and this helped me more than you can ever know! You spoke clearly and the animations were superb. Thank you so much. The world needs teachers like yourself :)

  • @sp4d3n
    @sp4d3n Před 10 lety +15

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    @nicolehowerton3540 Před 3 lety +2

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  • @JonathanPerez-up8mp
    @JonathanPerez-up8mp Před 10 lety +1

    Wow this has got to be the best description ive ever looked at. Clean, Understandable, and overall fun considering math was never a strong suit of mine. Thank you for this excellent outline.

  • @pokethekat1
    @pokethekat1 Před 11 lety +1

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  • @parkercoleman4393
    @parkercoleman4393 Před 7 lety

    This video is so helpful, love how you explain EVERY single piece. Thanks so much man!

  • @Otyrr
    @Otyrr Před 11 lety

    This is the 4th or 5th video I have gone to trying to understand Confidence Intervals, you my friend have finally helped me understand.
    Thank you so much for being so clear and taking it step by step. I feel like the other videos assumed I knew given things, it really helped that you took it step by step regardless of prior knowledge.

  • @statisticsfun
    @statisticsfun  Před 11 lety

    You are welcome!
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  • @adam62273
    @adam62273 Před 2 lety

    This is the first video I've understood fully so far. thank you

  • @statisticsfun
    @statisticsfun  Před 11 lety +2

    Yes I have a video on t statistics too (a whole playlist actually). It is hard to organize and sometimes even harder to find anything on CZcams. I added a link to the playlist in this videos description.
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  • @williamreynolds3866
    @williamreynolds3866 Před 8 lety

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  • @tarabruner9403
    @tarabruner9403 Před 5 lety

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    @charliebrown3510 Před 10 lety

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  • @ALBANIAN4FREDOM
    @ALBANIAN4FREDOM Před 9 lety +1

    In all videos that I have watched this video is easier to understand than others!
    Thank you

  • @macgirl1986
    @macgirl1986 Před 11 lety +1

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  • @statisticsfun
    @statisticsfun  Před 11 lety +2

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    @themjjones1 Před 11 lety

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    @Exne Před 12 lety

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  • @TheSupernastee
    @TheSupernastee Před 9 lety +3

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    @juliacasano8464 Před 5 lety

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    @Levi7011 Před 10 lety +1

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  • @PlayasDen
    @PlayasDen Před 8 lety

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  • @lam_lam9148
    @lam_lam9148 Před 10 lety

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    @cbfabulldogs Před 12 lety

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  • @sonnyv2007
    @sonnyv2007 Před 11 lety

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  • @TheJkidd14
    @TheJkidd14 Před 9 lety

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    • @statisticsfun
      @statisticsfun  Před 9 lety

      Davon Matthews You are very welcome. I have long thought that statistics not that difficult, but the books are bad and it is often taught poorly. I appreciate you took the time to write to me.

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    @aurorawilliams3466 Před 3 lety

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  • @statisticsfun
    @statisticsfun  Před 10 lety +1

    You are very welcome! I always appreciate hearing how my videos are helping students. Good luck in your statistics class too. Make sure you like MyBookSucks on FaceBook (see link in video description). This will help others find the educational videos.

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    @statisticsfun  Před 11 lety +1

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  • @statisticsfun
    @statisticsfun  Před 11 lety +2

    Thank you Deborah for the feedback. It is always good to hear from students. Also, make sure you like MyBookSucks on Facebook (see link in Video description) this will help other students find the educational videos.

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    @statisticsfun  Před 10 lety +1

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    @statisticsfun  Před 11 lety

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  • @statisticsfun
    @statisticsfun  Před 11 lety +2

    Thanks for the compliment. I don't have anything on Binomial approximation yet, but it is something I do need to create. Good luck in your studies too.

  • @statisticsfun
    @statisticsfun  Před 11 lety

    Perhaps you prefer MyBookSucks?
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  • @buqing1930
    @buqing1930 Před 7 lety

    Thank you! For the very first time, I totally get the difference between margin of error and confidence interval. Great tutorial!!

  • @limae7
    @limae7 Před 7 lety

    Really loved this video. Very thoughtfully made and executed! Finally able to make sense of some of this stuff haha. Thank you thank you thank you!!!

  • @statisticsfun
    @statisticsfun  Před 11 lety +2

    Good luck in your data analysis class! Happy to hear the videos are helping too. Make sure you like MyBookSucks on FaceBook (see link in video description). This will help other students find the educational videos.

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    @school8110 Před 9 lety +1

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    @SirPaperss Před 11 lety

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  • @sberrycustoms
    @sberrycustoms Před 10 lety

    Helped me finish my Stats homework. I am taking this class online and will definitley be looking into more of your stuff to help me out. Thank you!

    • @statisticsfun
      @statisticsfun  Před 10 lety +1

      Good luck on with your online class. I have heard those can be very frustrating for students.

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    @JAYREXY Před 11 lety

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    @Sonniieable Před 11 lety

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  • @jenniferyi1504
    @jenniferyi1504 Před 8 lety

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  • @deborahpolynice3194
    @deborahpolynice3194 Před 11 lety

    This tutorial was easy to understand and it helped me to understand how to perform the calculations.
    Thanks.

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    @sgrrrkey Před 12 lety

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  • @statisticsfun
    @statisticsfun  Před 11 lety

    Thank you! I will definitely put those topics on the list for future videos (especially the probit models) because I am always looking for ideas.
    Btw, what are you studying at Berkeley?

  • @statisticsfun
    @statisticsfun  Před 11 lety

    Great to hear and appreciate the feedback back. Good luck on your Six Sigma exams (if you plan to take them).

  • @Elizabobble
    @Elizabobble Před 11 lety

    Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU. You explain it way clearer than my professor.

  • @don_leo_000
    @don_leo_000 Před rokem +1

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  • @Onyx8Moon
    @Onyx8Moon Před 4 lety

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  • @opalunicorns6686
    @opalunicorns6686 Před 10 lety

    This is so much clearer than what my teacher gave me! Thanks for your help!

    • @statisticsfun
      @statisticsfun  Před 10 lety

      Great to hear. Maybe you should send a link to your teacher :). Good luck in your classes too.

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    @mustafabohra2070 Před 8 lety

    How simple you made this concept. Thank you very much.

  • @Aaron58581
    @Aaron58581 Před 10 lety +1

    This was extremely helpful, thanks so much!

  • @annetteasbury7415
    @annetteasbury7415 Před 10 lety

    Excellent explanation! Thank you so much for doing this video!

  • @Duane_A
    @Duane_A Před 10 lety

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  • @statisticsfun
    @statisticsfun  Před 11 lety

    Great to hear the vids are better than your book and they are costing you a lot less to :). As one student told me that "MyBookSucks and it is expensive too/"

  • @sonnyv2007
    @sonnyv2007 Před 11 lety

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  • @statisticsfun
    @statisticsfun  Před 11 lety +1

    Wow! Thanks and it is great to hear my videos are lovable.
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  • @basicmaths3443
    @basicmaths3443 Před 3 lety

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  • @aidanw6725
    @aidanw6725 Před 19 dny

    You made it so easy to understand 😮😢. Thank you

  • @statisticsfun
    @statisticsfun  Před 12 lety

    Wow! Thanks! Good luck in your classes too.

  • @plantastica4622
    @plantastica4622 Před 11 lety

    Absolutely amazing!!! I am going through stats right now and I am having trouble understanding confidence intervals. Especially, with the normal approximation to the binomial to find the probability. Do you have anything on that? and thank you.

  • @statisticsfun
    @statisticsfun  Před 12 lety

    It depends on what type of problem you are trying to solve. You would use proportions (the equation on the right) when you have percents. You use the equation on the left when you have points (or numbers) including a mean and standard deviation.

  • @trena221
    @trena221 Před rokem

    You explained this very well coming from someone who struggles with math badly❤️

  • @anthonycarbonaro7890
    @anthonycarbonaro7890 Před 2 lety

    Very nicely done Sir !!
    Much appreciated 🙏

  • @statisticsfun
    @statisticsfun  Před 12 lety

    Thank you so much for your comments. I am trying to get the word, to help even more suffering students. I just started a facebook fan page "MyBookSucks" as well.

  • @statisticsfun
    @statisticsfun  Před 12 lety

    That is is a good idea because it is hard to organize videos in CZcams. I am building a website that will be organized much like a text book, so students can easily find the topic they are looking for. I will do that for each of my channels (statistics, economics, calculus, and algebra).
    In the meantime, I would encourage to like "MyBookSucks" on FaceBook. The fan page is light heartened including some college humor, my freshman id, etc..
    Thanks again for suggestion.

  • @gigaBeef313
    @gigaBeef313 Před 10 lety

    Great video. Plz keep up the good work.

  • @statisticsfun
    @statisticsfun  Před 11 lety

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  • @harryrigby11
    @harryrigby11 Před 12 lety

    awesome. thank you very much. make some more, your way of teaching is enlightening.

  • @Jay_Gardner
    @Jay_Gardner Před 11 lety

    Thank you soooo much! Taking Data Analysis now, every little bit helps!

  • @brianzampaglione6112
    @brianzampaglione6112 Před 7 lety

    Thank you for the lesson. This was easy to follow

  • @NazZimou
    @NazZimou Před 8 lety +2

    Why aren't real life teachers like that..? thanks a lot.

  • @ericawebb38
    @ericawebb38 Před 10 lety

    Thanks! This video really helped me out!

  • @lindaseesz2390
    @lindaseesz2390 Před 8 lety

    Awesome way to simplify. If you are needing help in this area, (area is a p value not a z score lol) It is a very good way to help you understand what you are doing mathematically to arrive at your conclusion.

  • @statisticsfun
    @statisticsfun  Před 11 lety

    I love questions! First you would take the average and standard deviation of the series of numbers. The confidence coefficient at 95% is 1.96. Once you have these three items you can follow the steps in the video.
    Make sense?

  • @statisticsfun
    @statisticsfun  Před 12 lety +1

    Thank you so much for such kind words.

  • @karlacf8137
    @karlacf8137 Před 6 lety

    Amazing lecture easy and fast!

  • @sillylynni92
    @sillylynni92 Před 10 lety

    Thank you sooo much I was having so much trouble!!!!

  • @justintrue92
    @justintrue92 Před 3 lety

    Thank you Thank you for this video. Very clear and extremely helpful

  • @sugar_tomato
    @sugar_tomato Před 3 lety

    Thank you. You've helped me. Subscribed

  • @ashishroutray1498
    @ashishroutray1498 Před 3 lety

    Really really good way to explain it!!!

  • @72GreatScott
    @72GreatScott Před 9 lety +2

    I agree with Jennifer. This is excellent and I really am grateful for your use of color to help your explanations to come to life. I'm not a mathematical genius by any means but, thanks to this, I don't feel like a mathematical imbecile. Before this video, whenever I thought of the Bell Curve, I tend to hear Eric Clapton sing Bell Bottom Blues. I'm also 95% confident this video will help me pass my Quantitative Reason Coursework. Thanks StatisticsFun. I appreciate your help. :)

    • @statisticsfun
      @statisticsfun  Před 9 lety

      Scott Davenport Great to hear and thanks for your comments. Good luck on your quantitative reasoning class. I wish more of our politicians would take and learn from such courses.

  • @10pmmemes88
    @10pmmemes88 Před 6 lety

    Fantastic video. Thank you sir.

  • @sgrrrkey
    @sgrrrkey Před 12 lety

    You are my hero... just sayin'. You have such a calm, steady, well-paced voice. I have an anxiety with any form of math. Literally I should be medicated. I can listen to an instructor speed his/her way through a lecture, jot down as many helpful notes as I can, and think I know my stuff. Get home and yeah...I have no clue what any of it means. Almost as if I was possessed by an entity and it made me write all kinds of Gothic symbols that strangely remind me of hell.

  • @jennifermcdow5641
    @jennifermcdow5641 Před 9 lety

    Thank you for your simplified explanation! I tried and tried to understand this from my textbook, and although the author has tried to make it interesting, it still felt so overwhelming. I'm taking my Stats class ONLINE, and although my teacher is good about trying to communicate, it's not the same as a teacher in the classroom. I actually understand this now, and I understand the difference between using the formula with the mean and using the one with the probability percentage. I have to pass this class to get into my major program, so thanks for making it easier!

    • @statisticsfun
      @statisticsfun  Před 9 lety

      Jennifer McDow Jennifer great to hear my videos are helping move forward in your program. I taught many years in a classroom and a few times online. I never really like teaching online classes, so I started experimenting with animations. Right or wrong, statistics is one of those classes that is required for most any major and for most graduate programs.
      Good luck in your program. Btw, what is your major program of study?

    • @jennifermcdow5641
      @jennifermcdow5641 Před 9 lety

      Thank you! Once I pass Stats and the Core tests, it should be smooth sailing. My major is Elementary Education.

  • @ernestkimani5321
    @ernestkimani5321 Před 11 lety

    Thank you for the video. Me does Msc. Epidemiology and they have really helped in the Biostats

  • @drquratulain3505
    @drquratulain3505 Před rokem

    Animations are superb👍🏼

  • @statisticsfun
    @statisticsfun  Před 11 lety

    Logan, thanks for the compliment. I appreciate it. Make sure you like MyBookSucks on FaceBook (see link in video description). This will help others find the educational videos.

  • @JayGeezw
    @JayGeezw Před 4 lety

    After 15 videos 😩. Next time I’ll come here first. Thanks