Joe D wrote:
>
> Given a set of sample values like 11.8, 10.9, 12.2, 12.9, 12.3, 13.8,
> 13.4, 14.5 and 15, can I compute the CI or P-value for each sample
> relative to a given number 13.5?
No.
You cannot do *anything* for "each" sample (that is, treating each
datum on its own. You can create a confidence interval for the mean of
the distribution based on the entire set of data, but this is not
relative to 13.5 or anything else.
You can test (if you insist) the hypothesis that the mean is equal to
13.5, obtaining a p-value as an outcome. Unless you have some real
reason to believe that the mean *should* equal 13.5, this would be
meaningless.
-Robert Dawson
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