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1) The document discusses sampling distributions and how they show all possible samples from a population together with their means. Sampling distributions describe the probability of the mean for samples of size n. 2) Steps are provided to construct a sampling distribution of the sample mean: determine possible sample sets using a formula, list samples and calculate means, construct a frequency table with means and probabilities. 3) Examples are given to demonstrate constructing sampling distributions for sample sizes of 2 and 3 from populations of various numbers.

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Lesson 8 9

1) The document discusses sampling distributions and how they show all possible samples from a population together with their means. Sampling distributions describe the probability of the mean for samples of size n. 2) Steps are provided to construct a sampling distribution of the sample mean: determine possible sample sets using a formula, list samples and calculate means, construct a frequency table with means and probabilities. 3) Examples are given to demonstrate constructing sampling distributions for sample sizes of 2 and 3 from populations of various numbers.

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LESSON 8: Identifying Sampling Distributions

In almost all fields of study, we gather data. These data are used to estimate things
about the nature of human beings, phenomena, and even our world. If the number of elements
in the population is too many, it will be extremely hard for the researchers to collect all data from
the group. In some cases, we need to use random sampling to get the appropriate statistic from
the samples to draw conclusions that would represent the population. However, there can be
numerous different sets of possible samples of the same size that can be drawn from a given
population. If we gather another set of a random sample, wouldn’t be the sample mean become
different? How can we be sure that one set of random samples can represent the entire
population? How can we tell that our statistic is accurate?

Sampling distribution shows all the possible samples, in a given population, together
with their mean. It describes the probability of the mean of all sets of samples with the same
sample size n. The idea of sampling distribution helps us to recognize how we use one random
sample to conclude for the population. It defines the entire possible statistic we could conclude
up with. The sampling distribution is a significant idea in Statistics. It is considered to be a
foundation and essential to learn. We could have better knowledge about the population using
statistical inference.

Steps to follow in making a sampling distribution of the sample mean:

1. Determine the number of sets of all possible random samples that can be drawn from the
given population by using the formula, NCn, where N is the population size and n is the
sample size.
2. List all the possible random samples and solve for the sample mean of each set of
samples.
3. Construct a frequency and probability distribution table of the sample means indicating
its number of occurrence or the frequency and probability.

A population of Senior High School consists of numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.


Construct a sampling distribution of sample size 3

Solution:
Step 1: Determine the number of sets of all possible random samples that can be drawn from the
given population by using the formula, , where N is the population size and n is the sample size.
Step 2: List all the possible random samples and solve for the sample mean of each set
of samples.

SAMPLE MEAN
1,2,3 2
1,2,4 2.33
1,2,5 2.67
1,3,4 2.67
1,3,5 3
1,4,5 3.33
2,3,4 3
2,3,5 3.33
2,4,5 3.67
3,4,5 4

Step 3: Construct a frequency and probability distribution table of the sample means
indicating its number of occurrence or the frequency and probability.

A population consists of the values (1, 4, 3, 2). Construct a sampling


distribution of sample size 2.
LESSON 9: Mean and Variance of Sampling Distributions

The mean of the population is equal to the sample mean. This happens because
all samples obtained of n size came from the same population. The variance of the
population is greater than the variance of the sample means since a sample of n is less
than the population N then the data vary by a small amount as compared to the
population.
Mean of the Sampling Distribution of the Sample Mean

The formula to find the mean of the sampling distribution is given by:

µ𝐱̄= Ʃ𝐱̄•𝐏(𝐱̄)
where:
Ʃx̄ • P(x̄ ) - sum of the products of the sample mean and the probability of
the sample mean

The sampling distribution is already given. Find the mean of the sampling
distribution.

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