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W4 SamplingDistributions
W4 SamplingDistributions
DISTRIBUTION
Distribution of Sample Means
A distribution of sample means is:
the collection of sample means for all the possible
random samples of a particular size (n) that can be
obtained from a population.
Notation
Distribution of
Population Sample Sample Means
X X
X X
n
N
ss ss
s X
N n 1 n
notice
2
X
2
n
The Central Limit Theorem
Regardless the shape of the underlying population distribution, the
sampling distribution of the mean becomes approximately normal as
the sample size increase.
Thus
-if the random variable X is normally distributed, then the sampling
distribution of the sample mean is normally distributed also
regardless the size of the sample
-for all other random variables X, the sampling distributions are
approximately normally distributed if the size of the sample is large
enough (n≥30)
´ −𝜇
𝑍 = 𝑋
𝑍 = 𝑋 − 𝜇
𝜎 𝜎
√𝑛
Population Sampling
distribution distribution
Applications of the Central Limit Theorem
z = 68-64
4
= 64 68
0
Given the population of women has normally distributed
weights with a mean of 64 kg and a standard deviation of 4
kg,
4
X
16 Sampling distribution
= 64 68
0
Applications of the Central Limit Theorem
Given the population of women has normally
distributed weights with a mean of 64kg and a
standard deviation of 4 kg
1. if one woman is randomly selected, find the probability that
her weight is greater than 68 kg. P ( X 68)