Sampling Distribution of

Sample Means
 Objectives:

At the end of the lesson, students are

expected to:
Illustrate random sampling
Distinguish between a parameter and
statistic; and
Construct sampling distribution of sample
means
Let’s Task it Out!

Group 3: Evaluate the

Group 1: The following are Group 2: Find the mean of following:
blood types of a group of the following sets of numbers.
 5C3
individuals in a government
office. Construct a frequency  8C4
distribution for the different Given Mean
 9C6
blood types. 2,3,8,10,4
 10C3
6,10,9,12,4,5
A O B A AB  12C8
12,2,5,7,11,8,4
B O B O A
B B O O O 14,10,15,14,17,19
,20
AB AB A O B
20,22,24,18,14,25
O B O AB A ,26,28
FACT OR
BLUFF
A.In Shakespeare’s time, mattresses were
secured on bed frames by ropes, when you
pulled on the ropes the mattresses
tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep
on. That’s where the phrase, “good night,
sleep tight” came from.
FACT
B.The average person falls
asleep in ten minutes.
BLUFF
C. The average adult has
5 million hair follicles.
FACT
D. The average IQ of a
police is 104.
FACT
E. When you sneeze water
can come out of your mouth
at an average speed of
100mph.
BLUFF
F. On average, 100 people
choke to death on ball point
pen every year.
FACT
G. The average person’s left hand
does 56% of the typing.
FACT
H. The average human
lies at least 5 times a day.
BLUFF
I. A survey of people’s greatest
fears had the following results:
Heights, snakes, spiders, and dolls.
BLUFF
J. 80% of all life on Earth is
found in the ocean.
FACT
Questions to Ponder

What is the average height of Grade 11 students?

What is the average weight of Grade 11 students?
What is the average daily allowance of Grade 11
students?
What is the average performance of Grade 11
students in Mathematics?
Researchers use sampling if taking a census of the entire
population is impractical. Data from the sample are used
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 statistics 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.
Example 1:

A population consists of the numbers

2, 4, 9, 10, and 5. List all the possible
sample size of 3 from this population
and compute the mean of each
sample.
Sampling Distribution of Sample Means

a. List all the possible samples of size 3 from this population and compute the mean of each
sample.
(Note: The number of samples of size r that can be drawn from a population of size N is given
by nCr.)
Sample Mean
2, 4, 9 5
2, 4, 10 5.33
There are 10 possible
2, 4, 5 3.67 sample size of 3 that can be
2, 9, 10 7 drawn from the given
2, 9, 5 5.33 population
2, 10, 5 5.67
4, 9, 10 7.67
4, 9, 5 6
4, 10, 5 6.33
9, 10, 5 8
Sampling Distribution of Sample Means

 B. This time, make a frequency distribution of the sample means. We

shall call this frequency distribution, the sampling distribution of the
sample means.
Sample Mean Frequency
2, 4, 9 5 A sampling distribution
2, 4, 10 5.33 of sample means is a
2, 4, 5 3.67 frequency distribution
using the means
2, 9, 10 7
computed from all the
2, 9, 5 5.33
possible random
2, 10, 5 5.67
samples of specific
4, 9, 10 7.67 size taken from a
4, 9, 5 6 population.
4, 10, 5 6.33
9, 10, 5 8
 Sampling Distribution of Sample Means

 Compute for the probability of each sample mean.

Sample Mean 𝑿
ഥ Frequency Probability P(𝑿
ഥ) Sample mean is a
3.67 1 0.10 random variable, which
depends on a
5.00 1 0.10
particular sample.
5.33 2 0.20 Being a random
5.67 1 0.10 variable, it has a
probability distribution.
6.00 1 0.10
6.33 1 0.10 Probability distribution
7.00 1 0.10 of the sample means is
also called the
7.67 1 0.10
sampling distribution of
8.00 1 0.10 the sample means.
Total n= 10 1.00
ACTIVITY: DRAWING A CARD.

Samples of three cards are drawn at random from a

population of eight cards numbered from 1-8.
 How many possible samples can be drawn?
 Construct the sampling distribution of sample means.
 Construct a histogram of the sampling distribution of the means.
Seatwork.

How many different sample size r=3 can be selected

from a population with the following sizes?
1. N= 4
2. N= 8
3. N= 20
4. N= 50
5. N= 100
GROUP ACTIVITY
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING

What is the average height of Grade 11 students?

What is the average weight of Grade 11 students?
What is the average daily allowance of Grade 11
students?
What is the average performance of Grade 11
students in Mathematics?
Generalization: Steps in Constructing the
Sampling Distribution of the Means

Step 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
Step 2: List all the possible samples and compute the mean of
each sample.
Step 3: Construct a frequency distribution of the sample means
obtained in Step 2.
QUIZ

A population consists of the five numbers 2, 3. 6, 8, and 11.

Consider samples of size 2 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 mean
c) Draw a histogram of the sampling distribution of the means.
ASSIGNMENT

Form a group of six students. Get the weight of each

member of the group. Consider sample of size 4 that can
be drawn from this population.
 How many possible samples can be drawn?
 List all the possible samples and corresponding means.
 Construct the sampling distribution of the sample mean.
 Draw the histogram for the sampling distribution of the sample
means.