Lazy Bayesian

This online statistics tutor lesson is intended to supplement introductory statistics material as additional instruction and review. In this lesson we will only be covering beginning concepts regarding confidence intervals around an estimated mean. Estimating confidence intervals uses essentially the same principles and concepts used for calculating z-scores and normal probabilities (at least for CIs for means estimated from normal data). If you need a refresher regarding these concepts, check out one of my other posts . Uncertainty in Research and Statistics Though many are reluctant to admit it, there is a great deal of uncertainty in the information that we consume. Information sources (including legitimate sources) boast new conclusions about the world around us from healthy eating and everyday behavior to climate change and astrophysics. Something that many media sources often glaze over is that NONE of them are 100% sure about their hypothesized conclusion . These conclusion