Chapter 4: Q7P (page 91)
The equation for the Gaussian curve in Figure 4 - 1is
where
Short Answer
The graph:
Chapter 4: Q7P (page 91)
The equation for the Gaussian curve in Figure 4 - 1is
where
The graph:
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(a) Suppose that a single new measurement produces a yvalue of 2.58. Find the corresponding xvalue and its standard uncertainty,
(b) Suppose you measure yfour times and the average is 2.58. Calculate
(c) Find the 95%confidence intervals for (a) and (b).
Blood plasma proteins of patients with malignant breast tumors differ from proteins of healthy people in their solubility in the presence of various polymers. When the polymers dextran and poly(ethylene glycol) are mixed with water, a two-phase mixture is formed. When plasma proteins of tumor patients are added, the distribution of proteins between the two phases is different from that of plasma proteins of a healthy person. The distribution coefficient ( K) for any substance is defined as K =[concentration of the substance in phase[concentration of the substance in phase B ]. Proteins of healthy people have a mean distribution coefficient of 0.75 with a standard deviation of 0.07. For the proteins of people with cancer, the mean is 0.92 with a standard deviation of 0.11.
(a) Suppose that Kwere used as a diagnostic tool and that a positive indication of cancer is taken as
(b) What fraction of healthy people would have a false positive indication of cancer? This number is the fraction of healthy people with
(c) Vary the first argument of the NORMDIST function to select a distribution coefficient that would identify 75% of people with tumors. That is, 75% of patients with tumors would have K above the selected distribution coefficient. With this value of K, what fraction of healthy people would have a false positive result indicating they have a tumor?
Excel LINEST function. Enter the following data in a spreadsheet and use LINEST to find slope, intercept, and standard errors. Use Excel to draw a graph of the data and add a trendline. Draw error bars of
Set up a spreadsheet to reproduce Figure 4-15. Add error bars: Follow the procedure on pages
Should the value 216 be rejected from the set of results 192,216,202,195, and 204?
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