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DISTRIBUTION
Probability and Samples
Sampling Distributions
Central Limit Theorem
Standard Error
Probability of Sample Means
When we take a sample from a population we can talk
about the probability of
6
5
4
3
2
1
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
6
5
4
3
2
1
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
1 = 0.11
p(X > 50) =
9
Distribution of Individuals in a Population
6
5
4
3
2
1
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
6
5
4
3
2
1
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
6 = 0.66
p(X > 30) =
9
Distribution of Individuals in a Population
6
normally distributed
5
= 40, = 10
4
3
2
1
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
6
normally distributed
5
= 40, = 10
4
3
2
1
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
6
normally distributed
5
= 40, = 10
4
3
2
1
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
6
normally distributed
5
= 40, = 10
4
3
2
1
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
6
5
4
3
2
1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Distribution of Sample Means from Samples of Size n = 2
6
5
4
3
2
1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
sample mean
6
5
4
3
2
1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
sample mean
p( > 7) = ?
Distribution of Sample Means
from Samples of Size n = 2
6
5
4
3
2
1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
sample mean
p( > 7) =
Distribution of Individuals in Population
6
5 = 5, = 2.24
4
3
Distribution of Sample Means
2
6 X = 5, X = 1.58
1
5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
4
3
2
1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
sample mean
Distribution of Individuals
6
5 = 5, = 2.24
4
3
Distribution of Sample Means
2
6 X = 5, X = 1.58
1
5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
4
3
2
p(X > 7) = 0.25 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
sample mean
sample mean
Distribution of Sample Means
6
5
4 Things to Notice
3
2 1. The sample means tend to pile up
1 around the population mean (stays
centered at the population mean).
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2. The distribution of sample means is
sample mean approximately normal in shape, even
though the population distribution was
not (becomes more normal).
3. The distribution of sample means has
less variability than does the population
distribution (becomes less variable).
Notation
SE =
Distribution of Individuals in Population
6
5 = 5, = 2.24
4
3
Distribution of Sample Means
2
6 X = 5, X = 1.58
1
5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 4
3
2
1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
sample mean
Sampling Distribution (n = 3)
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20 X = 5
18 X = 1.29
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6
4
2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
sample mean
Consider a finite population of 4000 students of a certain college. Of this 200 students
are selected randomly and their mean weight is calculated. It was computed as x-bar =
135 lbs. If we draw 20 different samples of 200 students, instead of just one as we did
previously. We cant expect the same mean weight of these 20 samples chosen
randomly. It is due to sampling variability i.e. each sample drawn randomly from the
same population differs from each other in their computed 'statistic'.
A key distinction
Distribution of
Population Sample Sample Means
notice
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 (n30)
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,
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.