Calculator User Manual

Chapter 14: Statistics
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Entering Statistical Data
Data for statistical analysis is stored in lists, which you can create and edit in the list editor
(Chapter 11), on the home screen (Chapter 11), or in a program (Chapter 16). The TI
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86 has
three built-in list names for statistics,
xStat
(x-variable list),
yStat
(y-variable list), and
fStat
(frequency list). TI
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86 statistical functions use these lists as defaults.
The LIST NAMES Menu
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{ } NAMES EDIT OPS
fStat xStat yStat
fStat
An automatically updated list of the frequency values used in the last statistical
computation requiring a frequency; default is a list where each element is
1
xStat
An automatically updated list of the data from the x-list used in the last statistical analysis
yStat
An automatically updated list of the data from the y-list used in the last statistical analysis
The STAT CALC (Calculations) Menu
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&
CALC EDIT PLOT DRAW VARS
OneVa TwoVa LinR LnR ExpR
4
PwrR SinR LgstR P
2
Reg P
3
Reg
4
P
4
Reg StReg
OneVa
(one variable) Analyzes data with one measured variable
TwoVa
(two variable) Analyzes paired data
The
LIST
NAMES
menu
shown here has no user-
created list names.
Editing an element of
xStat
o
r
yStat
clears any values
stored to statistical result
variables.
The
STAT
CALC
functions
store the results to statistical
result variables (page 193 ).
The syntax description for
each
STAT
CALC
menu item
follows this section.