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A Pocket-Calculator Approximation to the Inverse Normal Tail Probability Function

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2009

Jinn-Tyan Lin
Jinn-Tyan Lin
Affiliation:
Department of StatisticsFeng Chia University Taichung, Taiwan, R. O. C.
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Abstract

Data analytic techniques are used in the construction of a simple approximation to the inverse normal tail probability function. The approximation is more accurate and more convenient than Hamaker's [2] over a wide range, when measured in terms of the number of keystrokes and absolute relative error.

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Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , July 1992 , pp. 409 - 411
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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