The Central Limit

Theorem
REPORTED BY
MARILYN AGUILOS
JOHN MARK HALLEGADO
AHSLEY NOQUEIRA
REY GONZAGA
 Distribution of the sample mean

 This is a distribution obtained by using the means computed

from random sample of a specific size taken from the
population. If the sample are randomly selected, the sample
mean will be somewhat different from the population mean.
The differences are caused by sampling error.
 Sampling error is differences between the sample measure
and the corresponding population measure due to the fact
that the sample is not perfect representation of a population
 Properties of the distribution of a
sample mean
1. The mean of a sample mean will be the same as the
population mean
2. The standard deviation of a sample mean will be smaller
than the standard deviation of a population and it will be
equal to the population standard deviation divided by the
square root of the sample size
 Central limit theorem
 As the sample size and increases, the shape of distribution of the sample
mean taken from a population with mean and standard deviation will be
approach a normal distribution. This distribution will have the mean and
the standard deviation
 The central limit theorem can be used to answer question about sample
mean in the same manner the the normal distribution can be used to
answer about individual values there is new formula to be used to the Z
values
Important to remember two things when using
the central limit theorem

1. When the original variable is a normally distributed, the

distribution of the sample mean will be normally distributed
for any sample size n.
2. when the distribution of original variable departs from
normality, a sample size of 30 or more is needed to be used
the normal distribution to approximate the distribution of the
sample mean. The larger the sample, the better the
approximation will be
Example 1
 Themean serum cholesterol of a large
population of overweight adult is 220 mg/dl
and the standard deviation is 16.3 mg/dl. If a
sample of 30 adults is selected, find the
probability that the mean will be between 220
and 222mg/dl
Example 2
1. The average age of accountant is 43 years,
with the standard deviation of 5 years, if an
accounting firm employs 30 accountants, find
the probability that the average age of the
group is grater than 44.2 years old
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