Tpdf, Tcdf – Texas Instruments TI-83 PLUS User Manual

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TI-83 Plus

Inferential Statistics and Distributions

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tpdf(

tpdf(

computes the probability density function (pdf) for the Student-

t

distribution at a specified

x

value.

df

(degrees of freedom) must be >0. To

plot the Student-

t

distribution, paste

tpdf(

to the

Y=

editor. The probability

density function (pdf) is:

df

df

x

df

df

x

f

df

π

2

/

)

1

(

2

)

/

1

(

)

2

/

(

]

2

/

)

1

[(

)

(

+

+

Γ

+

Γ

=

tpdf(

x

,

df

)

Note: For this example,

Xmin =

L

4.5

Xmax = 4.5
Ymin = 0
Ymax = .4

tcdf(

tcdf(

computes the Student-

t

distribution probability between

lowerbound

and

upperbound

for the specified

df

(degrees of freedom), which must be

> 0.

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