Research Article
Confidence Intervals for the Coefficient of Variation in a Normal Distribution with a Known Population Mean
Table 1
The values of
and
for the shortest-length confidence interval for
.
| df | Confidence levels | 0.90 | 0.95 | 0.99 | | | | | | |
| 2 | 0.2065 | 12.5208 | 0.1015 | 15.1194 | 0.0200 | 20.8264 | 3 | 0.5654 | 13.1532 | 0.3449 | 15.5897 | 0.1140 | 20.9856 | 4 | 1.0200 | 14.1800 | 0.6918 | 16.5735 | 0.2937 | 21.8371 | 5 | 1.5352 | 15.3498 | 1.1092 | 17.7432 | 0.5461 | 22.9867 | 6 | 2.0930 | 16.5807 | 1.5776 | 18.9954 | 0.8567 | 24.2618 | 7 | 2.6828 | 17.8391 | 2.0851 | 20.2863 | 1.2143 | 25.6017 | 8 | 3.2981 | 19.1099 | 2.6235 | 21.5953 | 1.6107 | 26.9749 | 9 | 3.9343 | 20.3848 | 3.1874 | 22.9118 | 2.0394 | 28.3643 | 10 | 4.5883 | 21.6598 | 3.7729 | 24.2303 | 2.4958 | 29.7602 | 11 | 5.2573 | 22.9325 | 4.3768 | 25.5476 | 2.9760 | 31.1580 | 12 | 5.9397 | 24.2016 | 4.9967 | 26.8618 | 3.4771 | 32.5543 | 13 | 6.6337 | 25.4666 | 5.6308 | 28.1717 | 3.9968 | 33.9474 | 14 | 7.3382 | 26.7269 | 6.2776 | 29.4769 | 4.5329 | 35.3358 | 15 | 8.0521 | 27.9825 | 6.9357 | 30.7770 | 5.0840 | 36.7192 | 16 | 8.7745 | 29.2334 | 7.6042 | 32.0720 | 5.6487 | 38.0968 | 17 | 9.5047 | 30.4796 | 8.2820 | 33.3619 | 6.2256 | 39.4688 | 18 | 10.2421 | 31.7212 | 8.9685 | 34.6467 | 6.8139 | 40.8347 | 19 | 10.9861 | 32.9585 | 9.6629 | 35.9266 | 7.4126 | 42.1952 | 20 | 11.7362 | 34.1915 | 10.3647 | 37.2016 | 8.0209 | 43.5498 | 21 | 12.4919 | 35.4205 | 11.0733 | 38.4720 | 8.6383 | 44.8989 | 22 | 13.2530 | 36.6455 | 11.7882 | 39.7379 | 9.2640 | 46.2426 | 23 | 14.0191 | 37.8668 | 12.5092 | 40.9995 | 9.8976 | 47.5810 | 24 | 14.7899 | 39.0844 | 13.2357 | 42.2570 | 10.5385 | 48.9144 | 25 | 15.5650 | 40.2986 | 13.9675 | 43.5105 | 11.1864 | 50.2428 | 26 | 16.3443 | 41.5095 | 14.7043 | 44.7601 | 11.8408 | 51.5665 | 27 | 17.1275 | 42.7171 | 15.4458 | 46.0060 | 12.5014 | 52.8856 | 28 | 17.9144 | 43.9217 | 16.1917 | 47.2483 | 13.1678 | 54.2002 | 29 | 18.7049 | 45.1234 | 16.9419 | 48.4872 | 13.8397 | 55.5107 | 30 | 19.4987 | 46.3222 | 17.6961 | 49.7229 | 14.5170 | 56.8169 | 40 | 27.5919 | 58.1755 | 25.4233 | 61.9217 | 21.5331 | 69.6808 | 50 | 35.9012 | 69.8342 | 33.4085 | 73.8920 | 28.8879 | 82.2534 | 60 | 44.3661 | 81.3479 | 41.5794 | 85.6914 | 36.4863 | 94.6063 | 70 | 52.9501 | 92.7487 | 49.8923 | 97.3573 | 44.2711 | 106.7867 | 80 | 61.6290 | 104.0584 | 58.3183 | 108.9153 | 52.2044 | 118.8272 | 90 | 70.3860 | 115.2925 | 66.8374 | 120.3839 | 60.2597 | 130.7514 | 100 | 79.2086 | 126.4628 | 75.4347 | 131.7767 | 68.4177 | 142.5771 | 150 | 124.0372 | 181.6128 | 119.2737 | 187.9079 | 110.3262 | 200.6194 | 200 | 169.6646 | 235.9748 | 164.0642 | 243.1025 | 153.4834 | 257.4375 | 250 | 215.8057 | 289.8273 | 209.4667 | 297.6910 | 197.4440 | 313.4620 | 300 | 262.3132 | 343.3155 | 255.3057 | 351.8461 | 241.9776 | 368.9185 |
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