StaTips Part VIII: Confidence interval for the sample mean

A Procedure for Building Confidence Interval on the Mean of Simulation Output Data

One of the existing methods to build a confidence interval (c.i.) for the mean response in a single steady state simulation system is the batch means method. This method, compared to the other existing methods (autoregressive representation, regenerative cycles, spectrum analysis, standardized time series), is quite easy to understand and to implement and performs relatively well. However, the ...

One-Sample Confidence Interval Examples

Optimal confidence interval for the largest normal mean under heteroscedasticity

A two-stage sampling procedure for obtaining an optimal confidence interval for the largest or smallest mean of k independent normal populations is proposed, where the population variances are unknown and possibly unequal. The optimal confidence interval is obtained by maximizing the coverage probability with a fixed width at a least favorable configuration of means. Then, the sample sizes can ...

Exact hypothesis testing and confidence interval for mean of the exponential distribution under Type-I progressive hybrid censoring

 ‎Censored samples are discussed in experiments of life-testing; i.e‎. ‎whenever the experimenter does not observe the failure times of all units placed on a life test‎. ‎In recent years‎, ‎inference based on censored sampling is considered‎, ‎so that about the parameters of various distributions such as ‎normal‎, ‎exponential‎, ‎gamma‎, ‎Rayleigh‎, ‎Weibull‎, ‎log normal‎, ‎inverse Gaussian‎, ...

Confidence Interval for Solutions of the Black-Scholes Model

The forecast is very complex in financial markets. The reasons for this are the fluctuation of financial data, Such as Stock index data over time. The determining a model for forecasting fluctuations, can play a significant role in investors deci-sion making in financial markets. In the present paper, the Black Scholes model in the prediction of stock on year later value, on using data from mel...