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get_margin_of_error_interval.py
def get_margin_of_error_interval(sample_size, number_of_std_dvt):
day_sample = get_n_samples_from_distribution(
samples_number = 1,
sample_size = sample_size)
sample_mean = np.mean(day_sample)
sample_std_dvt = np.std(day_sample)
estimated_std_dvt = sample_std_dvt / math.sqrt(sample_size)
margin_of_error = number_of_std_dvt * estimated_std_dvt
return { "error": margin_of_error, "mean": sample_mean }
get_margin_of_error_interval(100, 2)
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