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Sampling
Distribution
of the
Sample
Means
Sampling Distribution of sample
means
Isthe frequency
distribution of the sample
means taken from the a
population.
Histogram
The histogram of the sampling
distribution of the sample means is a
bar graph constructed by plotting
the sample means along the
horizontal axis and the probabilities
on the vertical axis.
Formula for combination
𝑁!
𝐶 𝑁, 𝑛 =
𝑁−𝑛 !𝑛!
Where: N=size of population
n=sample size
Evaluate:
1. C(5,3)
2. C(10,4)
3. C(9,6)
4. C(8,2)
5. C(7,6)
Example 1.
A population consists of five
values (Php 2, Php 3, Php 4, Php
5, Php 6). A sample size of 2 is to
be taken from this population.
Questions:
 A. how many samples are possible? List
them and compute the mean of each
sample.
 B. Construct the sampling distribution of
the sample means.
 C. Construct the histogram of the
sampling distribution of the sample
means.
 Possible Mean
samples of n=2
2,3 2.5
A. C=10 2,4 3
2,5 3.5
2,6 4
3,4 3.5
3,5 4
3,6 4.5
4,5 4.5
4,6 5
5,6 5.5
 Mean Frequency P(Mean)

B. 2.5 1 1/10
3 1 1/10
3.5 2 2/10
4 2 2/10
4.5 2 2/10
5 1 1/10
5.5 1 1/10
TOTAL 10 10/10
C. Histogram
Example 2. Officer Salary
 The following table gives the A 8
monthly salaries (in thousand B 12
pesos) of six officers in a
government office. Suppose C 16
that random samples of size 2 D 20
are taken from this population
of six officers E 24
F 28
Questions:
 A. how many samples are possible? List
them and compute the mean of each
sample.
 B. Construct the sampling distribution of
the sample means.
 C. Construct the histogram of the
sampling distribution of the sample
means.
 Sample Salaries Mean
A,B,C,D 8,12,16,20 14
A,B,C,E 8,12,16,24 15

a. C=15 A,B,C,F
A,B,D,E
8,12,16,28
8,12,20,24
16
16
A,B,D,F 8,12,20,28 17
A,B,E,F 8,12,24,28 18
A,C,D,E 8,16,20,28 17
A,C,D,F 8,16,20,24 18
A,C,E,F 8,16,20,28 19
A,D,E,F 8,16,24,28 20
B,C,D,E 8,20,24,28 18
B,C,D,F 12,16,20,24 19
B,C,E,F 12,16,24,28 20
B,D,E,F 12,20,24,28 21
C,D,E,F 16,20,24,28 22
 Mean Frequency Probability
14 1 1/15
B. 15 1 1/15
16 2 2/15
17 2 2/15
18 3 3/15
19 2 2/15
20 2 2/15
21 1 1/15
22 1 1/15
Total 15 15/15 or 1
c. histogram
Answer the following problems.
1.Random samples of size
n=2 are drawn from a finite
population consisting of the
numbers 5,6,7,8 and 9.
Questions:
 A. how many samples are possible? List
them and compute the mean of each
sample.
 B. Construct the sampling distribution of
the sample means.
 C. Construct the histogram of the
sampling distribution of the sample
means.
2.Random samples of
size n=2 are drawn from
a finite population
consisting of the
numbers 1,3,5 and 7.
Questions:
 A. how many samples are possible? List
them and compute the mean of each
sample.
 B. Construct the sampling distribution of
the sample means.
 C. Construct the histogram of the
sampling distribution of the sample
means.