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LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET No. 13

SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLE MEANS
Week 5
Name of Student:_______________________________________________________
Learning Area: STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY Grade Level:_______________
Section: ______________________________________ Date:____________________

I. Introductory Concept

Earlier, you had learned probability distribution, in this Learning Activity Sheet,
you will learn another type of distribution which is sampling distribution. In addition,
you will learn how to construct sampling distribution of statistics (sample mean).

II. Learning Skills from the MELCs

After going through this activity sheet, you are expected to identify sampling
distribution of statistics (sample means). (M11/12SP-IIId-4).

III. Activities

A sampling distribution of sample means is a frequency distribution using the

means computed from all possible samples of a specific size n taken from a
population of size N.

How will you construct a sampling distribution of sample means? What are its
steps?

STEPS IN CONSTRUCTING SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLE MEANS

1. Determine the number of possible samples of size n that can be drawn
from a given population of size N.
a. Identify the given
b. Use the formula NCn to find the possible samples that can be drawn.

The number of samples of size n that can be drawn from a

population of size N is determined by combination formula NCn.

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 Note: n! =( n)(n-1) (n-2) (n-3)…(2)(1) n! is read as “n factorial”
Examples:
a. 5! = (5)(4)(3)(2) (1) or 5! = 5 · 4 · 3 · 2· 1
5! = 120 5! = 120
b. 6! = (6 )(5)(4) (3) (2) (1) or 6! = 6· 5· 4 · 3 · 2· 1
6! = 720 6! = 720
2. List all the possible samples and compute the mean for each sample.

The mean for each sample can be computed using the formula:
𝑛
𝑖=1 𝑋𝑖
x̄ = where: x̄ = sample mean
𝑛
𝑛
𝑖=1 𝑋𝑖 = X1 + X2 +…+ Xn
n = total number of observations
in the samples

3. Construct a frequency distribution of the sample means you obtained in

step 2.
The frequency distribution of the sample means is called
Sampling Distribution of the sample means.

Example:
A group of 5 students in Grade XI has the following scores for Week 3
Summative Test in Statistics and Probability: 15, 17, 18, 19 and 20. Consider
samples of size 3, construct sampling distribution of sample means.

SOLUTION:
Step 1: Determine the number of possible samples of size n that can be drawn from
a given population of size N.

a. Identify the given

N=5;n=3

b. Use the formula NCn to find the possible samples that can be drawn.

NC n = ( )

= ( )

=
( )( )

= 10
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Step 2: List all the possible samples and compute the mean for each sample.
Note: To facilitate the listing and computation of the mean of each sample, a
table maybe constructed.

Sample Computation of Mean Mean

15, 17, 18 16.67

15, 17, 19 17

15, 17, 20 17.33

15, 18, 19 17.33

15, 18, 20 17.67

15, 19, 20 18

17, 18, 19 18

17, 18, 20 18.33

17, 19, 20 18.67

18,19, 20 19

Step 3: Construct a frequency distribution of the sample means you obtained in

step 2. This now called the sampling distribution of the sample means.

SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLE MEANS

Sample Mean Frequency Probability
Ⴟ f P(Ⴟ)
16.67 1

17 1
1
17.33 2 or
1
17.67 1
1
18 2 or
1
18.33 1

18.67 1

19 1

Total n =10 ƩP(Ⴟ) = 1

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Note:
a. To compute for the probability for each sample mean, use the formula…

Probability P(Ⴟ) =

In the case of sampling distribution of sample means, Number of

favorable outcomes refers to the frequency of the sample mean and Total
number of outcomes refers to the number of possible samples where sample
mean is computed, hence
𝑓
Probability P(Ⴟ) =
𝑛

b. The sum of all the probabilities of all mutually exclusive events is equal to 1.
c. Probability of an event is between 1 and 0.

ACTIVITY 1: FILL ME IN!

Direction: Determine the possible number of samples of size n that can be

drawn from a population of size N.

Population Size Sample Size Number of possible

(P) (n) samples
5 3 1. ______________
5 4 2. ______________
8 6 3. ______________
8 7 4. ______________
10 8 5. ______________

ACTIVITY 2: COMPLETE ME

Direction: Solve the given problem and complete the entries on the table.

Problem:
A family of 6 members has the following height ( in centimeter): 120,
140, 152, 154, 156 and 172. Consider samples of size 5 that can be
drawn from the given population. List all the possible samples and
the corresponding mean.

a. How many possible samples does it have? _____________________

b. List of Possible Samples and the Corresponding Mean.
Sample Mean
Ⴟ
120, 140, 152, 154, 156 _________________________
________________________ 147. 6
120, 140, 152, 156, 172 _________________________
________________________ 148.4
120, 152, 154, 156, 172 _________________________
________________________ 154.8
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 ACTIVITY 3: SHOW ME HOW!

Direction: Solve by applying the step by step procedure in constructing

sampling distribution of sample means.

The five Colacling NHS Mathematics Teachers has the following

monthly gross salary for the month of March, 2021: PhP23 877.00 ;
PhP 24 161.00 ;PhP26, 052 ; PhP 28 276.00 and PhP 28 589.00. Consider
samples of size 2 that can be drawn from the given population. Construct a
sampling distribution of sample means.

IV. Rubric for Scoring

ACTIVITY 1 ACTIVITY 2 ACTIVITY 3

1 point for every 1 point for every Correct 1 point for every Correct Answer
Correct Answer Answer

V. Answer Key

ACTIVITY 1: 1. 10 2. 5 3. 28 4. 8 5. 45
ACTIVITY 2:
a. There are 6 possible samples.
b. List of Possible samples and its mean:

Sample Mean
Ⴟ
____144.4____
120, 140, 152, 154, 172
_____148_____
120, 140, 154, 156, 172
____150.8____
140, 152, 154, 156, 172

ACTIVITY 3:
Step 1: There are 10 possible samples.
Step 2: List of Possible samples and its mean:

Sample Mean Ⴟ
23 877, 24 161 24 019
23 877, 26 052 24 964.50
23 877, 28 276 26 076.50
23 877, 28 589 26 2333
24 161, 26 052 25 107
24 161, 28 276 26 219
24 161, 28 589 26 375
26 052, 28 276 27 164
26 052, 28 589 27 320.50
28 276, 28589 28 482.50
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 Step 3:
Sampling Distribution of Sample Means
Sample Mean Ⴟ Frequency f Probability P(Ⴟ)
24 019 1

24 964.50 1

26 076.50 1

26 2333 1

25 107 1

26 219 1

26 375 1

27 164 1

27 320.50 1

28 482 50 1

VI. References

Belecina, R.R, et. al (2016). Statistics and Probability. Rex Bookstore Inc.
p. 101-109
De Guzman, D.,(2017), Statistics and Probability. C & E Publishing Inc.
pp. 71-72

DEVELOPMENT TEAM OF THE LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

WRITER : SONIA V. MORAL- Colacling NHS
MANAGEMENT TEAM/ REVIEWERS: JHOMAR B. JARAVATA- Bula NHS
SONIA V. MORAL- Colacling NHS
Editor : JUMAR R. VELASCO- RSMOHS
Lay-out Artist : JHOMAR B. JARAVATA- Bula NHS
Illustrator : SONIA V. MORAL- Colacling NHS
Validators : DAVID V. ORTIOLA-Laganac HS
ROGEL JOHN O. NAVAL-Sta. Cruz NHS
JOHN EMMANUEL R. IBE- Magarao NHS
PATERNO P. MAPULA, JR. – Bolo Norte HS
FROILAN R. DOBLON – San Fernando NHS