Timeline for How do I calculate the standard deviation of a normal distribution given the mean and a quantile value of that distribution?
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| Oct 11, 2019 at 14:54 | history | reopened | whuber♦ | ||
| Oct 11, 2019 at 14:44 | history | edited | Aaron - mostly inactive | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
added known mean to title as well
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| Oct 11, 2019 at 14:38 | comment | added | Aaron - mostly inactive | Hi @ctesta01, and welcome to stats.stackexchange. This site allows (and encourages!) editing of questions to improve the question and incorporate new information. I've taken the liberty of editing your question to include the information you provided, but feel free to edit again as needed. | |
| Oct 11, 2019 at 14:36 | history | edited | Aaron - mostly inactive | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
added information in comment to question
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| Oct 10, 2019 at 20:35 | comment | added | ctesta01 | Tim, great counterexample! Glen_b, agreed. The question could be rephrased as "Determine the standard deviation y of a normal distribution with mean m and quantile-p == x when p !=.5 (taking Tim's comment into account)." | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 20:31 | vote | accept | ctesta01 | ||
| Oct 10, 2019 at 11:19 | history | closed |
Michael R. Chernick BruceET mkt Peter Flom |
Needs details or clarity | |
| Oct 9, 2019 at 23:49 | answer | added | BruceET | timeline score: 6 | |
| Oct 9, 2019 at 23:05 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Oct 9, 2019 at 21:36 | comment | added | Glen_b | Questions asked as code make it hard for the many readers that aren't familiar with the language but would benefit from the answer. Its best to ask the question algebraically. Can you clarify - is the population mean known? | |
| Oct 9, 2019 at 20:36 | answer | added | Aaron - mostly inactive | timeline score: 9 | |
| Oct 9, 2019 at 20:29 | comment | added | Tim | Counterexample: p=0.5 (median) tells you nothing about as. | |
| Oct 9, 2019 at 20:25 | review | First posts | |||
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| Oct 9, 2019 at 20:22 | history | asked | ctesta01 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |