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The previous chapter analysed the process of estimating an unknown population parameter from a sample result. The general problem addressed in that chapter can be illustrated as shown in Figure 9.1.
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Argyrous, G. (1997). Introduction to hypothesis testing: The z-test for a single mean. In: Statistics for Social Research. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14777-9_9
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