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STA1510 Chapter 7 Summary

The document discusses the sampling distributions of the sample mean (X̅) and sample proportion (p). For the sample mean, X̅ is an unbiased estimator of the population mean μ, and follows a normal distribution with mean μ and standard error σ/√n. For the sample proportion p, it is an unbiased estimator of the population proportion π, and follows a normal distribution with mean π and standard error √[π(1-π)/n] when π is known or √[p(1-p)/n] when π is unknown. Both the sample mean and proportion can be standardized into a z-score to find probabilities using the normal distribution.

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STA1510 Chapter 7 Summary

The document discusses the sampling distributions of the sample mean (X̅) and sample proportion (p). For the sample mean, X̅ is an unbiased estimator of the population mean μ, and follows a normal distribution with mean μ and standard error σ/√n. For the sample proportion p, it is an unbiased estimator of the population proportion π, and follows a normal distribution with mean π and standard error √[π(1-π)/n] when π is known or √[p(1-p)/n] when π is unknown. Both the sample mean and proportion can be standardized into a z-score to find probabilities using the normal distribution.

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SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION

Sampling Distribution of the sample mean (𝑋̅)


The population mean is denoted by 𝜇 and the sample mean by 𝑋̅
The sample mean (𝑋̅) is an unbiased estimator because 𝐸(𝑋̅) = 𝜇.
The standard error of the mean (also called the standard deviation of the
sample mean) is given by:
𝜎
𝜎𝑋̅ = .
√𝑛
𝜎
Therefore 𝑋̅ ∼ 𝑁(𝜇, )
√𝑛
𝑋̅−𝜇
So the standardised form is 𝑍 = 𝜎
√𝑛

Then after standardising you follow the same procedure of the normal
distribution for finding probabilities.

Sampling Distribution of proportion (𝑝)


The population proportion is denoted by 𝜋 and the sample proportion by 𝑝
The sample proportion (𝑝) is an unbiased estimator because 𝐸(𝑝) = 𝜋.
The standard error of proportion (also called the standard deviation of the
sample proportion) is given by:

𝜋(1−𝜋)
𝜎𝑝 = √ when 𝜋 is known and
𝑛

𝑝(1−𝑝)
𝜎𝑝 = √ when 𝜋 is unknown
𝑛

𝜋(1−𝜋)
So 𝑝 ∼ 𝑁(𝜋, √ )
𝑛
𝑝−𝜋
Therefore, the standardised form is 𝑍 =
𝜋(1−𝜋)
√
𝑛

Then after standardising you follow the same procedure of the normal
distribution for finding probabilities.

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