Population Mean

the average of all the scores in the

population denoted by 𝜇
Example:
Determine the population mean of the following scores:
3, 5, 8, 3, 9
3 + 5 + 8 + 3 + 9 28
𝜇= = = 5.6
5 5

Thus, the population mean is 𝟓. 𝟔.

Mean (Expected Value, 𝝁𝑿ഥ ) of a Sampling Distribution
the mean of the population from the sampled scores; the sum of
the product of the sample means (𝑋) ത and its corresponding
probability(𝑃(𝑋))
ത defined as 𝜇𝑋ത = Σ[𝑋ത ⋅ 𝑃 𝑋ത ]
Sample Mean Probability

Example: ഥ
𝒙 𝑷(ഥ
𝒙)
4 0.1
Determine the mean of the
6 0.1
sampling distribution of the
8 0.2
given table on the right. 10 0.2
12 0.2
14 0.1
16 0.1
ഥ
𝒙 ഥ)
𝑷(𝒙 ഥ ∙ 𝑷(𝒙
𝒙 ഥ)
4 0.1 0.4 𝜇𝑥ҧ = ෍ 𝑥ҧ ∙ 𝑃 𝑥ҧ
6 0.1 0.6
8 0.2 1.6 𝜇𝑋ത = 10
10 0.2 2
12 0.2 2.4
Therefore, the mean
14 0.1 1.4 of the sampling
16 0.1 1.6 distribution is 10.
෍ 𝑥ҧ ∙ 𝑃 𝑥ҧ = 10
 Try It!

1. A population consists of five

values: 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. A sample of size 2 is
to be taken from the population. What is
the mean of the sampling distribution?
How about the population mean?
Answer: 𝜇𝑋ത = 4 μ=4
 Try It!

Prove that the 𝜇 = 𝜇𝑋ത is true for

the population of even numbers
10, 12, 14, 16, 18, and 20 taking 3
samples at a time.
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Variance of a Population
describes the dispersion or the variability of the
population

It can be computed using the formula

σ 2 x is individual score
2
(𝑥 − 𝜇)
𝜎 = 𝜇 is the population mean
𝑁 N is the number of population
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Example:
Compute for the population variance of
the scores 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

𝟐
𝝈 =𝟐
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Variance of the Sampling Distribution

the variability of the sample means

It can be computed using the formula

σ ത
𝑋 2 ഥ is sample mean
𝒙
σ 𝑋ത 2 − N is the number of sample
𝜎𝑋ത 2 = 𝑁 . means
𝑁
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Example 1: A population consists of five values: 2,

3, 4, 5, and 6. Compute for the variance of the
sampling distribution of the sample mean if the
sample of size 2 is to be taken from the
population.

2
𝜎𝑥ҧ =1
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Variance of the Sampling Distribution

the variability of the sample means
The variance of the sampling distribution of a
sample mean is also equal to the quotient of the
population variance and the sample size. That is,
2
2
𝜎
𝜎𝑋ത = .
𝑛
 Let’s Practice!

Six of the branches of a fast- Branch

Income (in
food chain reported their thousands)
income (in thousands) in a A 25
day. If three branches are B 33
selected at random, compute C 42
D
the variance of the sampling 57
E
distribution for the sample 28
F 45
mean.
 Let’s Practice!

A population has a mean of 25 and a

standard deviation of 2.17. Suppose that
a sampling distribution of size 3 is
drawn from the population. Solve for
the values of the mean, variance, and
standard error of the mean of the
sampling distribution.