In: Statistics and Probability
A variable of a population has a mean of
muμ equals=75
and a standard deviation of
sigmaσ equals=18
a. Identify the sampling distribution of the sample mean for samples of size
36
b. In answering part (a), what assumptions did you make about the distribution of the variable?
c. Can you answer part (a) if the sample size is
25
instead of
36?
Why or why not?
What is the mean of the sampling distribution?
Solution :
Given that,
mean = = 75
standard deviation = = 18
n = 36
The sampling distribution of mean and standard deviation is ,
= 75 and
= / n = 18 / 36 = 18 / 6 = 3
n = 25 instead of 36
= 75 and
= / n = 18 / 25 = 18 / 5 = 3.6
If we decrease the sample size the mean of the sampling distribution is the same and standard deviation of the sampling distribution is increases .