Sampling Distributions

Statistical Inference
By,
Yaseen Ahmed Meenai
Faculty, DMS-FCS-IBA

Sampling and Sample Estimates

Sampling is the
Procedure of getting a
Sample from a Population

Sample results are ESTIMATES while Population

results are PARAMETERS
For e.g.
(a sample mean) is an Estimate and
(a population mean) is a Parameter.

Repeated Sampling
Repeated Sampling can produce several
Samples from a single population.

POPULATION
Sample1

Sample2

Sample3

...

Sample k

Mean1

Mean2

Mean3

..

Mean k

Sample Mean (Estimate) itself became a DATA

Sampling Distribution
Distribution of Sample Estimate is called a
Sampling distribution
For e.g. Sampling Distribution of Mean,
Sampling Distribution of Variance etc.
Class Work
Determine the Sampling Distribution of
Sample Means data gathered in the last BBAIII class
Observed its SHAPE and comments.

Data Tabulation (Grouping Exercise)

Step # 01:
Finding the range
Range = Max. Min
Step # 02:
Finding the number of classes
No. of classes = 1 + 3.3 log(n)
Step # 03:
Finding the width or height (h)
h = Range/No. of classes

Class Intervals
Min ______ Min+h
Min+h ___ Min+h+h
Min+h+h _______ .

____________ Max

Frequency

Mean and Variance of the

Sampling Distribution of Mean
Class Intervals

fi

xi fi xi

fi (xi-mean)2

Min ______ Min+h

f1

x1

f 1 x1

..

Min+h ___ Min+h+h

f2

x2

f 2 x2

..

Min+h+h _______ .

f3

x3

..

..

..

..

____________ Max

fm

xm

..

f x fx

2
f
(x
-mean)
i i