Chapter 3:

Sampling Distribution

Lesson 2:
Sampling Distribution of the Sample Means
Week 6
Learning Competencies:
At the end of the lesson:
1. The learner finds the mean and variance of the sampling
distribution of the sample mean. (M11/12SP-IIId-5 )
2. The learner defines the sampling distribution of the sample
mean for normal population when the variance is:
(a) known; (b) unknown (M11/12SP-IIIe-1)
Sampling Distribution of the Sample Means
• In almost all fields of study, we gather data. These data are used to estimate
things about the nature of human beings, phenomena, and even our world.
• If the number of elements in the population is too many, it will be
extremely hard for the researchers to collect all data from the group.
• In some cases, we need to use random sampling to get the appropriate
statistic from the samples to draw conclusions that would represent the
population. However, there can be numerous different sets of possible
samples of the same size that can be drawn from a given population. If we
gather another set of a random sample, wouldn’t be the sample mean
become different? How can we be sure that one set of random samples can
represent the entire population? How can we tell that our statistic is
accurate?
• Sampling distribution of the sample means is a frequency
distribution using the computed sample mean from all the possible
random samples of a particular sample size taken from the given
population.
• The sampling distribution is a significant idea in Statistics. It is
considered to be a foundation and essential to learn. We could have
better knowledge about the population using statistical inference.
Example:
A population of Senior High
School consists of numbers 1,
2, 3, 4, and 5.
Let us create a sampling
distribution of size 3 by
following the steps.
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2. Construct a sampling distribution of the sample means on the

following situation. Follow the 3-step method. Draw a histogram.
Show your solutions
The ages of ALS learners in Lope de Vega are 19, 20, 15, 17, 27, and 22.
Consider samples of size 4 that can be drawn from this population
Assignment