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sampling distribution

American  

noun

  1. the distribution of a statistic based on all possible random samples that can be drawn from a given population.

sampling distribution Scientific  
/ săm′plĭng /

  1. The distribution of a statistic, such as occurs when a number of sample means are calculated for a given population.

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In the center of Figure 9.2 is a normally distributed sampling distribution marked H0.

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The larger n gets, the smaller the standard deviation of the sampling distribution gets.

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For the mean of the sampling distribution of sample proportions, answer the following questions, if the sample size is doubled.

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Because the sampling distribution is normally distributed, we can develop a standardizing formula and calculate probabilities from the standard normal distribution in the bottom panel, the Z distribution.

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A confidence interval for a population mean with a known standard deviation is based on the fact that the sampling distribution of the sample means follow an approximately normal distribution.

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