[Blindmath] Statistics Z Tables

[Alastair Irving]

Hi

The reason people use tables is that there isn't a nice formula for the 
area under that curve, as the integral can't be evaluated in terms of 
elementary functions.

I suggest you ask someone to produce you tables in a format your happy 
with.  I don't think it would be difficult to make them in Excel, for 
example.  Alternatively set up an Excel spreadsheet, (or similar), in 
which you can input the value you're interested in in one cell and get 
the answer in the next.

HTH

Alastair



On 29/09/2014 06:17, Clayton Jacobs via Blindmath wrote:
> In my Statistics class, they are using Z tables to find the area under the normal curve between data values, along with the probabilities. I find it really frustrating and confusing to use a screen reader to read the tables, and there are no column headings on the tables indicating any categories of the columns. How do you find the area under the normal curve and the probabilities associated with it? Thanks.
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