FINDING THE MEAN
AND VARIANCE OF
SAMPLING
DISTRIBUTION OF
SAMPLE MEAN
PREPARED BY:
EMMA LYN W. SORIANO
ACTIVITY::
Consider a population consisting of 6, 8, 5 and 4.
suppose the samples of size 2 are drawn from this
population. Describe the sampling distribution of the
sample means.
a. Find the mean and the variance of the sampling
distribution of the sample means.
b. Compare these values to the mean and variance
of the population.
c. Draw the histogram of the sampling distribution of
the population mean.
SOLUTION:
1. Compute the mean of
the population 𝝁 .
σ𝒙 𝟔+𝟖+𝟓+𝟒
𝝁= = = 5.75
𝑵 𝟒
The mean is 5.75.
SOLUTION:
2. Compute the variance of
𝟐
the population (𝝈 ).
X X-𝝁 (X - 𝝁)2 σ (X − 𝝁)2
6 0.25 0.06 𝝈𝟐 =
𝑵
𝟖.𝟕𝟒
8 2.75 5.06 = = 2.19
5 -0.75 0.56 𝟒
4 -1.75 3.06
σ (X − 𝝁)2 So, the variance
=8.74 of the population
is 2.19.
SOLUTION:
Samples Mean
List all
possible 6,8 7.00
samples and 6,5 5.50
their 6,4 5.00
corresponding
means. 8,5 6.50
8,4 6.00
5,4 4.50
SOLUTION: Sampling Distribution of Sample Means
(𝑿
ഥ) Frequency P(X)
Construct the 4.50 1 1/6 = 0.17
sampling 5.00 1 1/6 = 0.17
distribution of 5.50 1 1/6 = 0.17
the sample
6.00 1 1/6 = 0.17
mean.
6.50 1 1/6 = 0.17
7.00 1 1/6 = 0.17
TOTAL 6 1.00
SOLUTION: (𝑿 P(X)
ഥ) ത ∙ 𝑷(𝑋)
(𝑋) ത
Compute the mean of 4.50 1/6 = 0.17 0.75 or 0.77
the
distribution
sampling
of the
5.00 1/6 = 0.17 0.83 or 0.85
sample means (𝜇𝑥ҧ ). 5.50 1/6 = 0.17 0.92 or 0.94
6.00
a. Multiply the sample 1/6 = 0.17 1.00 or 1.02
mean by the
corresponding
probability.
6.50 1/6 = 0.17 0.08 0.11
b. Add the results. 7.00 1/6 = 0.17 1.17 or 1.19
TOTAL 1.00 5.75 or 5.88
So, the mean of a sampling distribution of a sample
means is 5.75 or 5.88.
SOLUTION: (𝑿
ഥ) P(X) ഥ - 𝝁)
(𝑿 ഥ - 𝝁)2
(𝑿 ഥ ) ∙(𝑿
P(𝑿 ഥ - 𝝁)2
Compute the variance
𝛿 2 𝑥ҧ of the sampling
distribution of the sample
4.50 1/6 -1.25 1.56 0.26
means. 5.00 1/6 -0.75 0.56 0.09
a. Subtract the population
mean (𝜇) from each sample 5.50 1/6 -0.25 0.06 0.01
ത Label this as 𝑋ത - 𝜇.
𝑋.
6.00 1/6 0.25 0.06 0.01
b. Square the difference.
Label this as (𝑋ത - 𝜇)2. 6.50 1/6 0.75 0.56 0.09
c. Multiply the results by
corresponding probability.
7.00 1/6 1.25 1.56 0.26
ത ∙(𝑋ത - 𝜇)2.
Label this as P(𝑋)
TOTAL 1.00 0.72
d. Add the results.
So, the variance of the sampling distribution is 0.72.
SAMPLE MEANS
AND STANDARD
DEVIATION
PREPARED BY:
EMMA LYN W. SORIANO
LEARNING COMPETENCY
Describes the sampling
distribution of the sample
means by computing its
mean and standard
deviation.
STANDARD DEVIATION (𝜹𝒙ഥ )
- Also known as the standard
error of the mean.
- It measures the degree of
accuracy of the sample mean
( 𝑥)ҧ as an estimate of the
population mean (𝜇).
EXAMPLE::
A population has a mean of 60
and a standard deviation of 5. A
random sample of 16
measurements is drawn from this
population. Describe the
sampling distribution of the
sample means by computing its
mean and standard deviation.
SOLUTION:
Steps Solution
1. Identify the given Here 𝜇 = 60, 𝛿 = 5,
information. and n = 16.
2. Find the mean of the
sampling distribution. Use the 𝜇𝑥ҧ = 𝜇 = 60
property that 𝜇𝑥ҧ = 𝜇.
3. Find the standard deviation 𝛿 5 5
of the sampling distribution.
𝛿𝑥ҧ = = =
𝛿
𝑛 16 4
Use the property that 𝛿𝑥ҧ = .
𝑛 = 1.25
EXERCISE::
The heights of male college students
are normally distributed with mean of
68 inches and standard deviation of 3
inches. A random sample of 80
students is drawn from this population.
Describe the sampling distribution of
the sample means by computing its
mean and standard deviation.
SOLUTION:
Steps Solution
1. Identify the given Here 𝜇 = 68, 𝛿 = 3,
information. and n = 80.
2. Find the mean of the
sampling distribution. Use the 𝜇𝑥ҧ = 𝜇 = 68
property that 𝜇𝑥ҧ = 𝜇.
𝛿 3
3. Find the standard deviation 𝛿𝑥ҧ = = =
of the sampling distribution. 𝑛 80
𝛿
Use the property that 𝛿𝑥ҧ = . 3
𝑛 =0.34
8.94
EXERCISE::
The weights of 11 STEM B female
students are normally distributed
with mean of 45 kg. and standard
deviation of 5 kg. A random sample
of 9 students is drawn from this
population. Compute the mean and
standard deviation of the sampling
distribution.
EXERCISE::
A group of people has a mean of
100 and a standard deviation of
4. A random sample of 50
measurements is drawn from this
group. Describe the sampling
distribution of the sample means
by computing its mean and
standard deviation.
EXERCISE::
Consider a population consisting of
6, 8, 5 and 4 with standard
deviation of 2. Suppose the
samples of size 2 are drawn from
this population. Describe the
sampling distribution of the sample
means by computing its mean and
standard deviation.
