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The document contains a problem set focused on sampling distributions, including multiple-choice questions about the sampling distribution of the sample mean, the Central Limit Theorem, and standard error. It also includes practical problems requiring calculations of sample sizes and construction of sampling distributions from given populations. The test is divided into three sections: multiple-choice questions, sample selection problems, and problem-solving exercises.

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The document contains a problem set focused on sampling distributions, including multiple-choice questions about the sampling distribution of the sample mean, the Central Limit Theorem, and standard error. It also includes practical problems requiring calculations of sample sizes and construction of sampling distributions from given populations. The test is divided into three sections: multiple-choice questions, sample selection problems, and problem-solving exercises.

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Problem set

#12: Sampling
TEST I: Read and analyze each statement carefully.Distributi
Choose the letter that corresponds to the correct answer. Write your
answer on the space provided.
on of
_____1. What is the sampling distribution of the sample mean?
A. The distribution of the population mean.
Sample
B. The probability distribution of all possible sample means of a given sample size from a population.
C. The distribution of individual data points in a sample.
D. The distribution of the sample standard deviations. Mean
_____2. According to the Central Limit Theorem, as the sample size increases, the sampling distribution of the sample
mean approaches:
A. A uniform distribution. B. A binomial distribution. C. A normal distribution. D. A Poisson distribution.
_____3. If the population standard deviation is σ and the sample size is n, what is the standard deviation of the sampling
distribution of the sample mean?
σ σ
A. σ B. σ² C. D.
√n n
_____4. Which of the following is true about the mean of the sampling distribution of the sample mean?
A. It is always greater than the population mean. B. It is equal to the population mean.
C. It is always less than the population mean. D. It is equal to the sample size times the population mean.
_____5. As the sample size increases, the standard deviation of the sample mean:
A. Increases. B. Decreases. C. Remains the same. D. Becomes unpredictable.
_____6. For a population that is not normally distributed, the sampling distribution of the sample mean will be
approximately normal if:
A. The sample size is small. B. The sample size is large.
C. The population mean is zero. D. The population standard deviation is large.
_____7. The Central Limit Theorem is important in statistics because:
A. It allows us to use the normal distribution to make inferences about the sample mean regardless of the population's
distribution, given a large enough sample size.
B. It states that the population is normal whenever the sample size is large.
C. It guarantees that the sample mean equals the population mean.
D. It ensures that the sampling distribution has the smallest variance among all unbiased estimators.
_____8. If a population has a mean μ and standard deviation σ, what is the mean of the sampling distribution of the
sample mean?
μ
A. B.μ C. σ/√n D. σ²
n
_____9. Which of the following factors does NOT affect the standard error of the sample mean?
A. Population standard deviation. B. Sample size. C. Population mean. D. Variability within the population.
_____10. When the sample size is increased, the shape of the sampling distribution of the sample mean:
A. Becomes more skewed. B. Becomes less normal. C. Becomes approximately normal. D. Remains unchanged.
Explanation: As the sample size increases, the sampling distribution of the sample mean becomes approximately normal
due to the Central Limit Theorem, regardless of the population's distribution.
TEST II: How many different samples of size n=3 can be selected from a population with the following sizes? Show your
complete solution.

1. N=4
2. N=8
3. N=20
4. N=50

TEST III: Problem Solving


1.Samples of three cards are drawn at random from a population of eight cards numbered from 1 to 8.

A. How many possible samples can be drawn?

B. Construct the sampling distribution of sample means.

2. A group of students got the following scores in a test: 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, and 21. Consider samples of size 3 that
can be drawn from this population.
A. List all the possible samples and the corresponding mean.

B. Construct the sampling distribution.

3. A finite population consists of 8 elements. 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 12, 18, 40 of the sample means.

A. How many samples of size n = 2 can be drawn from this population?

B. List all the possible samples and the corresponding means.

C. Construct the sampling distribution of the sample means.

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