Sampling Distribution of

Sample Means
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Is a frequency distribution using the means
computed from all possible random samples
of a specific size taken from a population
EXAMPLE
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A population consists of the numbers 2, 4, 9, 10 and 5.
Let us list all possible samples of size 3 from this
population and compute the mean for each sample

The number of samples of size that can be drawn

from a population size N is given by
SAMPLE MEAN
2, 4, 9 5.00
2, 4, 10 5.33
2, 4, 5 3.67
2, 9, 10 7.00
2, 9, 5 5.33
2, 10, 5 5.67
4, 9, 10 7.67
4, 9, 5 6.00
4, 10, 5 6.33
9, 10, 5 8.00
SAMPLE MEAN Sample Mean FREQUENCY
2, 4, 9 5.00 3.67
3.67 11
2, 4, 10 5.33 5.00
5.00 11
2, 4, 5 3.67 5.33
5.33 22
2, 9, 10 7.00 5.67
5.67 11
2, 9, 5 5.33 6.00
6.00 11
2, 10, 5 5.67 6.33
6.33 11
4, 9, 10 7.67 7.00
7.00 11
4, 9, 5 6.00 7.67
7.67 11
4, 10, 5 6.33 8.00
8.00 11
9, 10, 5 8.00 TOTAL
TOTAL n=10
n=10
SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPL
Sample Mean FREQUENCY Probability
)
3.67 1
5.00 1
5.00 1
5.33 2

5.33 2
5.67 1

6.00
5.67 1

6.33 1
6.00 1
7.00 1

6.33 1
7.67 1

8.00
7.00 11

TOTAL n=10 )=1.00

7.67 1

8.00 1

TOTAL n=10
Activity

 A population consists of the five numbers 2, 3, 6, 8,
and 11. Consider samples of size 2 that can be drawn
from this population.
a. List all possible samples and the corresponding
mean
b. Construct the sampling distribution of the sample
means.