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Computational Details

When the sample size assumptions are met, the statistic

$\displaystyle Z\;=\;\frac{\hat{p}-p}{\sqrt{\frac{p(1-p)}{n}}}
$

is approximately normally distributed with mean 0 and standard deviation $ 1$ .



gene quinn 2006-12-04