Harold James D.
Pajaron Statistical Analysis
III - BMA Module 6 - Activity 1
Sampling Distribution
1. The following are the monthly income of 7 workers working in a different companies: 15 000, 18 000,
19 000, 21 000, 22 500, 24 000, and 28 000 (in pesos). A sample with size 5 is chosen to determine the
average monthly income of the workers.
7C5 = 21 samples
Sample Mean
15,000, 18,000, 19,000, 21,000, 22,500 19 100
15,000, 18,000, 19,000, 21,000, 24,000 19 400
15,000, 18,000, 19,000, 21,000, 28,000 20 200
15,000, 18,000, 19,000, 22,500, 24,000 19 700
15,000, 18,000, 19,000, 22,500, 28,000 20 500
15,000, 18,000, 19,000, 24,000, 28,000 20 800
15,000, 18,000, 21,000, 22,500, 24,000 20 100
15,000, 18,000, 21,000, 22,500, 28,000 20 900
15,000, 18,000, 21,000, 24,000, 28,000 21 200
15,000, 18,000, 22,500, 24,000, 28,000 21 500
15,000, 19,000, 21,000, 22,500, 24,000 20 300
15,000, 19,000, 21,000, 22,500, 28,000 21 100
15,000, 19,000, 21,000, 24,000, 28,000 21 400
15,000, 19,000, 22,500, 24,000, 28,000 21 700
15,000, 21,000, 22,500, 24,000, 28,000 22 100
18,000, 19,000, 21,000, 22,500, 24,000 20 900
18,000, 19,000, 21,000, 22,500, 28,000 21 700
18,000, 19,000, 21,000, 24,000, 28,000 22 000
18,000, 19,000, 22,500, 24,000, 28,000 22 300
19,000, 21,000, 22,500, 24,000, 28,000 22 700
19,000, 21,000, 22,500, 24,000, 28,000 22 900
442 500
a. Construct a sampling distribution of the sample means.
̄x f
19 100 1
19 400 1
20 200 1
19 700 1
20 500 1
20 800 1
20 100 1
20 900 1
21 200 1
21 500 1
20 300 1
21 100 1
21 400 1
21 700 1
22 100 1
20 900 1
21 700 1
22 000 1
22 300 1
22 700 1
22 900 1
N 21
b. Find the mean of the sample means.
∑𝑥̄ 442 500̄
μx
̄ = 𝑁
= 21
= 21 071.43
c. Compute the standard error of the sample means.
̄x f μx
̄ ̄x - μx
̄ (x
̄ - μx
̄ )² f (x
̄ - μx
̄ )²
19 100 1 21 071.43 - 1 971.43 3 886 536.25 3 886 536.25
19 400 1 21 071.43 - 1 671.43 2 793 678.25 2 793 678.25
20 200 1 21 071.43 -871.43 759 390.24 759 390.24
19 700 1 21 071.43 - 1 371.43 1 880 820.25 1 880 820.25
20 500 1 21 071.43 -571.43 326 532.24 326 532.24
20 800 1 21 071.43 -271.43 73 674.24 73 674.24
20 100 1 21 071.43 -971.43 943 676.24 943 676.24
20 900 1 21 071.43 -171.43 29 388.24 29 388.24
21 200 1 21 071.43 128.57 16 530.24 16 530.24
21 500 1 21 071.43 428.57 183 672.24 183 672.24
20 300 1 21 071.43 -771.43 595 104.24 595 104.24
21 100 1 21 071.43 28.57 816.24 816.24
21 400 1 21 071.43 328.57 107 958.24 107 958.24
21 700 1 21 071.43 628.57 395 100.24 395 100.24
22 100 1 21 071.43 1028.57 1 057 956.25 1 057 956.25
20 900 1 21 071.43 -171.43 29 388.24 29 388.24
21 700 1 21 071.43 628.57 395 100.24 395 100.24
22 000 1 21 071.43 928.57 862 242.24 862 242.24
22 300 1 21 071.43 1228.57 1 509 384.25 1 509 384.25
22 700 1 21 071.43 1628.57 2 652 240.25 2 652 240.25
22 900 1 21 071.43 1828.57 3 343 668.25 3 343 668.25
∑f (x
̄ - μx
̄ )² ̄ 21 842 857.14
𝑓 (𝑥̄ − μ𝑥̄)²
σ𝑥̄ = √ 𝑁
21 842 857.14
σ𝑥̄ = √ 21
≈ 1 040 136.054