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This document outlines the concept of sampling distribution of sample means, emphasizing the distinction between parameters and statistics. It provides steps for constructing a sampling distribution and includes examples and exercises for practical understanding. The key takeaway is that the sampling distribution is a frequency distribution of means from all possible random samples of a specific size drawn from a population.

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PSUnit_III_Lesson_1_Sampling_Distribution_of_Sample_Means

This document outlines the concept of sampling distribution of sample means, emphasizing the distinction between parameters and statistics. It provides steps for constructing a sampling distribution and includes examples and exercises for practical understanding. The key takeaway is that the sampling distribution is a frequency distribution of means from all possible random samples of a specific size drawn from a population.

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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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