Statistics and Probability
SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION
OF SAMPLE MEANS
Pauline Misty M. Panganiban
Objectives
illustrate random sampling;
distinguish between parameter
and statistic; and
construct sampling distribution of
sample means.
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Constructing Frequency Distribution
The following are the blood types of a group of
individuals in a government office. Construct a
frequency distribution for the different blood types
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Constructing Frequency Distribution
x f
A 5
B 7
O 9
AB 4
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Starting Point
• You have learned in your previous
lessons how to construct frequency
distribution and probability
distribution. In this lesson, you will
learn how to construct sampling
distribution of the sample means.
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Computing for the mean of a Sample
Find the mean of the following sets numbers
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Combination
A combination is a mathematical technique
that determines the number of possible
arrangements in a collection of items where the
order of the selection does not matter. In
combinations, you can select the items in any
order.
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Combination of N objects Taken r at
a time.
The number of samples of size r that can be
drawn from a population of size N is given by NCn.
=
Where:
n = size of the population
r = size of the sample
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Evaluating Combination of N objects Taken n at a time.
1. 4C2 = = = =
2. 6C4 = = = =
= = = =
3. 6C3
= = =
4. 10 C4 =
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Evaluating Combination of N Objects
Taken n at a Time
Evaluate the following.
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• Researchers use sampling if taking
a census of the entire population is
impractical. Data from the sample
are used to calculate statistics,
which are estimates of the
corresponding population
parameters.
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PARAMETERS
• Descriptive measures computed
from a population.
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STATISTICS
•Descriptive measures computed
from a sample.
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Sampling Distribution of Sample Means
• The number of samples of size r that can be
drawn from a population of size N is given by NCr.
• A sampling distribution of sample means is a
frequency distribution using the means computed
from all possible random samples of a specific
size taken from a population.
• The probability distribution of the sample means
is also called the sampling distribution of the
sample means.
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Steps in Constructing the Sampling Distribution of the
Means
1. Determine the number of possible samples that can be
drawn from the population using the formula: NCr
where N = size of the population r = size of the sample
2. List all the possible samples and compute the mean of
each sample.
3. Construct a frequency distribution of the sample means
obtained in Step 2.
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Example
A population consists of the numbers 2, 4, 9,
10, and 5.
a. List all possible samples of size 3 from this
population.
b. Compute the mean of each sample.
c. Prepare a sampling distribution of the
sample means.
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Solution to Example 1a
The possible
samples of size 3
from 2, 4, 9, 10,
and 5 are…
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Solution to Example 1b
The mean of each sample are as follows:
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Solution to Example 1c
The sampling distribution of the sample
means
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Exercise
A group of students got the following scores in a
test: 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, and 21. Consider samples
of size 3 that can be drawn from this population.
a. List all the possible samples and the
corresponding mean.
b. Construct the sampling distribution of the
sample means.
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Exercise 1
Samples of three cards are drawn at random
from a population of eight cards numbered
from 1 to 8.
a. How many possible samples can be drawn?
b. Construct the sampling distribution of
sample means.
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Exercise 3
A finite population consists of 8 elements.
10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 12, 18, 40
a. How many samples of size n = 2 can be drawn
from this population?
b. List all the possible samples and the
corresponding means.
c. Construct the sampling distribution of the
sample means.
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Thank you!
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