SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLE MEANS

• The number of samples of size n that can be drawn from a population of size N is given by
NCn.

• A sampling distribution of sample means is a frequency distribution using the means computed
from all possible random samples of a specific size taken from a population.
• The probability distribution of the sample means is also called the sampling distribution of the
sample means.

Steps in Constructing the Sampling Distribution of the Means

1. Determine the number of possible samples that can be drawn from the population using the
formula:

where: N = size of the population

n = size of the sample
2. List all the possible samples and compute the mean of each sample.
3. Construct a frequency distribution of the sample means obtained in step 2.

Detailed Steps:
1. Identify your N (populayion size) and n (sample size)
2. Using the formula identify how many combinations are possible.
3. List all possible combinations of samples then compute for the mean.
4. Arrange the mean from lowest to highest without repetition.
5. Write the frequency of each sample mean then get its probability by using frequency over the
total frequency.
6. EXAMPLE:
A population consists of the numbers 2, 4, 9, 10, and 5.

a. List all possible samples of size 3 from this population.

b. Compute the mean of each sample.
c. Prepare a sampling distribution of the sample means.
d. The possible samples of size 3 from 2, 4, 9, 10, and 5 are…

The possible samples of size 3 from 2, 4, 9, 10, and 5 are…

The mean of each sample are as follows:

The sampling distribution of the sample means

ASSIGNMENT:
 To be written in 1 whole sheet of pad paper.
 To be passed tomorrow, February 23, 2019

A group of students got the following scores in a test: 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, and 21. Consider
samples of size 5 that can be drawn from this population.

a. List all the possible samples and the corresponding mean.

b. Construct the sampling distribution of the sample means.