Sample Means Section 9.3
Note: Averages are less variable than individual observations Averages are more normal than individual observations
Mean and Standard Deviation x bar = x bar = /n Only use the standard deviation if the population is at least 10 times as large as the sample
Central Limit Theorem Draw an SRS of size n from any population whatsoever with mean and finite standard deviation . When n is large, the sampling distribution of the sample mean x bar is close to the normal distribution N(, /n) with mean and standard deviation /n. How large n has to be depends on how “far” from normal a population is
Practice Problems Section 9.3 Chapter 9 Review pg. 525 #9.39-9.42