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CURADA, Toni Grace S February 19, 2017 at 07:21 PM

Grade 11 St. Dominic Mr. Junlor C. Dacsa I

REFLECTIVE LEARNING JOURNAL

Week 9 (February 13 - 17, 2017)

On the week of February 13 - 17, 2017, we have tackled about Solving problems

involving sampling distribution of the sample means and Describing the sampling

distribution of the sample means from an infinite population. In the topic of Describing

the sampling distribution of the sample means from an infinite population is about

solving the Infinite Population in the given questions. But first Infinite Population for me

is like a theoretical, because in this we just assume, since we do not know the exact

number or the fixed number of elements, measurements or observation. Infinite

population we dont know the population so that we will write it as N = unknown. While

in the Solving problems involving sampling distribution of the sample means there is a

Central Limit Theorem which we need to solve the z scores to find the wide range in

the normal curve. In this theorem also assures us that no matter what the shape of the

population distribution of the means is the sampling distribution of the sample means is

closely normally distributed whenever n is large, that is why the larger of the sample

mean is better because we can attain the normal distribution in the normal curve. The
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formula that being used in this lesson is but if the sample size is randomly

X
selected then the it will be equal to one (n = 1) and the formula for this is z = .

Example for the Infinite Population:

A random sample of n = 200 measurements is obtained from a population with

= 110 and = 40. Describe the sampling distribution for the sample means by

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computing the and x.

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Step 1: Identify the given , , n, N, and x in the example.

= 110 N = unknown

= 40 x= ?

X
n = 200 =?

X X n
Step 2: Solve the x and the using the formula of x = and =/ .
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Step 3: Substitute the given to the formula and solve it to get the final answers.

x= 110

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= 40 / 200

X
= 2.83

Example for the Sample Distribution of the Sample Means:

In a study of the life expectancy of 400 people in a certain geographical region,

the mean age of death was 70 years, and the standard deviation was 5.3 years. If a

sample of 60 people from this region is selected, what is the probability that the

mean life expectancy will be less than 69 years.

Step 1: Identify the given information.

X
= 70 = 69

= 5.3

n = 60

Step 2: Identify what is asked.

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P( < 69)

Step 3: Identify the formula to be used.

Since there is a simple size in the question we will used the for formula of

Step 4: Solve the problem.

6970
z= 5.3
60

z = 1.46

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We shall find P( < 69) by getting the are under the normal curve.

P(z < 1.46) = .5000 .4279

= 0.0721 or 7.21%
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Step 5: State the final answer.

So, the probability that the mean life expectancy will be less than 68 years is

0.0721 or 7.21%.

Through this lesson, I can relate this to the reality in a way of how we will be careful

answering the questions because if we do not read it carefully we might misunderstand

the questions and in that way, we also might get wrong answers due to the wrong given

that we have written. In the reality when we do not be careful we might make a mistake

and that mistakes can lead us to the erroneous way.

Before I end my journal I just want to say that the lesson was not hard to understand

unless we have read it in advance. And I want to share my problem in the lesson, is that

sometimes I got confuse in the meaning of the notation that being used. Also, the

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difference between the to the I got confuse which one I will use when Im writing

the given. So, thats all thank you.

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Gracelda S. Curada
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