SAMPLING AND

SAMPLING
DISTRIBUTION
WK15-LAS2-SAP-II-11

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY SAMSUDIN N. ABDULLAH, Ph.D.

Learning Target(s):
• At the end of the lesson, the
student should be able to
understand how to use parameters
in analysis.
 POPULATION

SAMPLE

Sampling is a process of getting

the sample.
Statistic versus Parameter
Statistics – a branch of Mathematics.
It is a subject offered in a school.
Statistic – a datum in a collection of
statistics. It is a characteristic of a
sample. It is used to estimate the value
of a population. The average grade of
students would be an example of a
statistic.
Statistic versus Parameter
Sample Statistic – any quantity computed
from a sample taken from a population with the
intention of using this quantity to estimate same
but unknown quantities of the population. The
examples would be sample mean and sample
variance.
Parameter – a useful component of statistical
analysis. It refers to the characteristics that are
used to define a given population.
Statistic describes a sample while parameter
describes a population. In other words, statistic
is used to estimate a parameter.
Examples of a Parameter
Population mean (µ)
Population standard deviation (σ)
Population variance (σ²)
Examples of a Statistic
Population mean (µ)
Population standard deviation (σ)
Population variance (σ²)
Say something about the following figures.

Sample Mean

8 10
40 34 34
29 33 32
32.7 17
35 32.7 32
38
24 33 31
26 33 30
55
80 Figure 2
Figure 1
Descriptive Statistics of the two given sets of sample data
Figure 1 Figure 2
Mean 32.7 Mean 32.7
Standard Error 6.92989 Standard Error 0.4726
Median 27.5 Median 33
Mode None Mode 33
Standard Deviation 21.9142 Standard Deviation 1.4944
Sample Variance 480.233 Sample Variance 2.2333
Kurtosis 1.3037 Kurtosis -0.1518
Skewness 1.13241 Skewness -0.3595
Range 72 Range 5
Minimum 8 Minimum 30
Maximum 80 Maximum 35
Sum 327 Sum 327
Count 10 Count 10
Learning
Experience
What is the importance of
studying parameters in
statistics?