The purpose and intent of the assignment is to help you better understand the sampling distribution of the mean. The class sampling exercise In class we conducted a sampling exercise. The population consisted of 25 elements. The possible values for the elements in the population ranged from 1 to 9 and were distributed as follows: Value Frequency Proportion Percentage 1 1 0.04 4% 2 2 0.08 8% 3 3 0.12 12% 4 4 0.16 16% 5 5 0.2 20% 6 4 0.16 16% 7 3 0.12 12% 8 2 0.08 8% 9 1 0.04 4% As in the class exercise, 10 elements are drawn replacing each element before the next is drawn. This was done 1000 times. The data set is given in a separate spreadsheet and consists of the numbers drawn for these 1000 draws in the order in which these were drawn. Each line can be considered a With all calculations, include the formula that you used. 26. The ‘event’ is that the mean of a sample is equal to a given value. There are many samples that will have the same mean. How many different ‘events’ are possible? 27. What is the mean of the observed distribution of sample means? 28. What is the standard deviation of the observed distribution of sample means? 29. How does the mean of the distribution of sample means compare to the population mean? 30. How does the standard deviation of the distribution of sample means compare to the population standard deviation?
The purpose and intent of the assignment is to help you better understand the sampling distribution of
the
The class sampling exercise
In class we conducted a sampling exercise.
The population consisted of 25 elements.
The possible values for the elements in the population
follows:
Value Frequency Proportion Percentage
1 1 0.04 4%
2 2 0.08 8%
3 3 0.12 12%
4 4 0.16 16%
5 5 0.2 20%
6 4 0.16 16%
7 3 0.12 12%
8 2 0.08 8%
9 1 0.04 4%
As in the class exercise, 10 elements are drawn replacing each element before the next is drawn.
This was done 1000 times.
The data set is given in a separate spreadsheet and consists of the numbers drawn for these 1000 draws
in the order in which these were drawn. Each line can be considered a
With all calculations, include the formula that you used.
will have the same mean. How many different ‘events’ are possible?
27. What is the mean of the observed distribution of sample means?
28. What is the standard deviation of the observed distribution of sample means?
29. How does the mean of the distribution of sample means compare to the population mean?
population standard deviation?
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