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sampling distribution

American

noun

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

sampling distribution Scientific

/ săm′plĭng /

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

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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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We have already inserted this conclusion of the Central Limit Theorem into the formula we use for standardizing from the sampling distribution to the standard normal distribution.

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The Error Bound gets its name from the recognition that it provides the boundary of the interval derived from the standard error of the sampling distribution.

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

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The Central Limit Theorem provides more than the proof that the sampling distribution of means is normally distributed.

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