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  Re: Questions for the math geeks  
From: clipka
Date: 1 Mar 2009 16:35:00
Message: <web.49aaff025235d40f2ddf2a340@news.povray.org>
"fdecomite" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> The idea is :
> knowing the number of errors (E) among N tries, find the error proba such that
> seeing E errors among N is not rare.
> binomial law -> approximated with normal law -> confidence intervals
>
> Approximating binomial with normal law can be done when the sample size is
> circa 35
>
> Hope this helps

To be honest - no, not at all :P

Actually I was searching for a simple formula, to feed my values in and be
happy... found a different solution for my problem meanwhile though.


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