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Approximating the Normal Tail Probability and its Inverse for Use on a Pocket Calculator
Author(s) -
Lin JinnTyan
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series c (applied statistics)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.205
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9876
pISSN - 0035-9254
DOI - 10.2307/2347681
Subject(s) - calculator , inverse , computer science , mathematics , statistics , calculus (dental) , medicine , geometry , dentistry , operating system
SUMMARY This paper proposes a simple approximation to the normal tail probability and its inverse. its accuracy is quite sufficient for many practical cases.