interval_var3: Two sided or one sided interval estimation of sigma^2 of one normal sample
Description
Compute the two sided or one sided interval estimation of sigma^2 of one normal sample when the population mean is known or unknown.
Usage
interval_var3(x, mu = Inf, side = 0, alpha = 0.05)
Value
A data.frame with variables:
var
The estimate of the population variance. When the population mean mu is known, var = mean((x-mu)^2). When mu is unknown, var = var(x).
df
The degree of freedom.
a
The confidence lower limit.
b
The confidence upper limit.
Arguments
x
A numeric vector.
mu
The population mean. When it is known, input it, and the function computes the interval endpoints using a chi-square distribution with degree of freedom n. When it is unknown, ignore it, and the function computes the interval endpoints using a chi-square distribution with degree of freedom n-1.
side
A parameter used to control whether to compute two sided or one sided interval estimation. When computing the one sided upper limit, input side = -1; when computing the one sided lower limit, input side = 1; when computing the two sided limits, input side = 0 (default).
alpha
The significance level, a real number in [0, 1]. Default to 0.05. 1-alpha is the degree of confidence.