STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

SAMPLING
DISTRIBUTION OF
SAMPLE MEANS
QUARTER 3
 REVIEW
• CONSTRUCT THE
FREQUENCY
DISTRIBUTION:
• Number of tails in three
tosses of a coin.
 REVIEW
•COMPUTE THE
MEAN
12, 23, 15, 17, 11, 28,
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 REVIEW
• Evaluate the combination
of N objects taken n at a
time.
• 10 C 4
• A sampling distribution of a
sample means is a frequency
distribution using the means
computed from all possible
random samples of a specific
size taken from a population.
EXAMPLE
• A population consists of the
numbers 2, 4, 9, 10, and 5. List
all possible samples of size 3
from this population and
compute the mean of each
sample.
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:

N C n
 𝑁!
N C n=
𝑁 − 𝑛 ! 𝑛!

5!
5 𝐶! =
5 − 3 ! 3!
5!
= =10
2! 3!
 STEP 2
•List all the possible
samples and
compute the mean of
each sample.
SAMPLE MEAN
2,4,9 5.00
2,4,10 5.33
2,4,5 3.67
2,9,10 7.00
2,9,5 5.33
2,10,5 5.67
4,9,10 7.67
4,9,5 6.00
4,10,5 6.33
9,10,5 8.00
 STEP 3
•Construct a frequency
distribution of the
sample means obtained
in Step 2.
SAMPLE MEANS FREQUENCY
3.67 1
5.00 1
5.33 2
5.67 1
6.00 1
6.33 1
7.00 1
7.67 1
8.00 1
TOTAL n=10
SAMPLE MEAN X FREQUENCY PROBABILITY P(X)
3.67 1 1/10 = 0.10
5.00 1 1/10 =0.10
5.33 2 2/10 = 0.20
5.67 1 1/10 =0.10
6.00 1 1/10 = 0.10
6.33 1 1/10 =0.10
7.00 1 1/10 = 0.10
7.67 1 1/10 = 0.10
8.00 1 1/10 = 0.10
TOTAL n= 10 1.00
 SAMPLING ERROR
• THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
SAMPLE MEAN AND POPULATION
MEAN
• WHEN THE MEANS OF THE SAMPLES
ARE LESS THAN OR GREATER THAN
THE MEAN OF THE POPULATION.
• IT IS ERROR DUE TO SAMPLING.
 Example 2
DRAWING CARDS
Samples of three cards are drawn at
random from a population of six cards
numbered from 1 to 6.
a.How many samples can be drawn?
b.Construct the sampling distribution of
sample means.
SOLUTION:
a. How many samples can be drawn?

𝑁!
N 𝐶" =
𝑁 − 𝑛 ! 𝑛! = 20
6! So, there are 20 samples
6 𝐶! = that can be drawn.
6 − 3 ! 3!
b. Construct the sampling
distribution of sample means.
• List all the possible samples and
compute the mean of each
sample.
SAMPLE MEAN SAMPLE MEAN
1,2,3 2.00 2,3,4 3.00
1,2,4 2.33 2,3,5 3.33
1,2,5 2.67 2,3,6 3.67
1,2,6 3.00 2,4,5 3.67
1,3,4 2.67 2,4,6 4.00
1,3,5 3.00 2,5,6 4.33
1,3,6 3.33 3,4,5 4.00
1,4,5 3.33 3,4,6 4.33
1,4,6 3.67 3,5,6 4.67
1,5,6 4.00 4,5,6 5.00
SAMPLE MEAN X FREQUENCY PROBABILITY P(X)
2.00 1 1/20 = 0.05
2.33 1 1/20 =0.05
2.67 2 2/20 = 0.10
3.00 3 3/20 =0.15
3.33 3 3/20 = 0.15
3.67 3 3/20 =0.15
4.00 3 3/20 = 0.15
4.33 2 2/20=0.10
4.67 1 1/20= 0.05
5.00 1 1/20=0.05
TOTAL n= 20 1.00
 Construct a histogram of the sampling distribution of the
sample means.
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SAMPLE MEAN
 GROUP ACTIVITY
Form a group of 7 students.
Get the weight of each
member of the group. Consider
sample size of 4 that can be
drawn from this population.
 PERFORMANCE TASK

1. A population consists of five numbers

2,3,6, 8 and 11. Consider sample size of 2
that can be drawn from this population.

2. A group of students got the following

scores in a test: 6,9,12,15,18, and 21.
Consider the sample size of 3 that can be
drawn from this population.