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Normal Distributions: (Mean and SD) : Use Table or Web Page
Normal Distributions: (Mean and SD) : Use Table or Web Page
Normal Distributions: (Mean and SD) : Use Table or Web Page
Lecture 16
• Online applet 2
http://bcs.whfreeman.com/scc/content/
cat_040/spt/CLT-SampleMean.html
• Sample Mean =
• Sample Standard Deviation =
• Sample Proportion =
They all can be computed given a sample.
• For example:
If the sample size is n = 100, then the
sampling distribution of p̂ has mean p
and SD (or standard error) =
p (1 p) p(1 p)
100 10
• SD = ?
STA 291 - Lecture 16 13
• 57/100 = 0.57 = p̂
p (1 p )
• = 0.495/10 = 0.0495
10