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    SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION OF

    SAMPLE MEANS
    Lesson Objectives

    At the end of this lesson, you are expected to:


    • illustrate random sampling;
    • distinguish between parameter and statistic;
    and
    • construct sampling distribution of sample
    means.
    Pre-Assessment A
    Pre-Assessment B
    Pre-Assessment C
    Lesson Introduction
    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.

    For instance, a sample might be drawn from the population,


    its mean is calculated, and this value is used as a statistic or
    an estimate for the population mean.

    Thus, descriptive measures computed from a population are


    called parameters while descriptive measures computed
    from a sample are called statistics. We say that the sample
    mean is an estimate of the population mean μ.
    Discussion Points
    Sampling Distribution of Sample Means

    • The number of samples of size n that can be drawn from a


    population of size N is given by NCn.

    • 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.
    Discussion Points
    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: NCn
    where N = size of the population n = 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.
    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.
    Solution to Example 1a

    The possible samples of size 3 from 2, 4, 9, 10,


    and 5 are…
    Solution to Example 1b

    The mean of each sample are as follows:


    Solution to Example 1c
    The sampling distribution of the sample means
    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.
    Exercise 2

    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.
    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.
    Summary

    A random variable is a function that associates


    a real number to each element in the sample
    space. It is a variable whose values are
    determined by chance.
    Summary

    • The number of samples of size n that can be drawn from


    a population of size N is given by NCn.

    • 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.
    Summary
    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: NCn
    where N = size of the population n = 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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