y

"Upper tail" area

Q [x]

xx

Q(x) = 0.5 σ 12π xx e((x x )⎟σ )2 2dx

This program uses the built–in integration feature of the HP 35s to integrate the equation of the normal frequency curve. The inverse is obtained using Newton's method to iteratively search for a value of x which yields the given probability Q(x).

16-12Statistics Programs