Introduction to Business Statistics
Introduction to Business Statistics
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ISBN: 9781111792374
Author: WEIERS
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 7.4, Problem 7.39E

What is the correction for continuity and why is it employed when the normal distribution is used in approximating the binomial distribution?

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Introduction to Business Statistics

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