The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample mean is also called
the standard error of the mean
A sample of size n is selected at random from an infinite population. As n increases the
standard error of the sample mean decreases
If all possible samples of size n are drawn from an infinite population with a mean μ
and a standard deviation σ , then the standard error of the sampling distribution of
sample means is inversely proportional to √ n
Sampling distributions describe the distribution of sample statistics
If a random sample of size n is drawn from a normal population, then the sampling
distribution of sample means will be normal for all values of n
If all possible samples of size n are drawn from a population, the probability distribution
of the sample means is called the sampling distribution of the sample means
Why is the Central Limit Theorem important in statistics? Because for a large sample size
n, it says the sampling distribution of the sample mean is approximately normal,
regardless of the shape of the population
The standard error of the sampling distribution of sample proportion P̂ will become
larger as the population proportion P approaches 0.50
The standard deviation of P̂ is also called the standard error of the sampling
distribution of sample proportions
If all possible random samples of size n are taken from a population, and the mean of
each sample is determined, what can you say about the mean of the sample means – it
is exactly the same as the population mean
As the size of the sample increases, what happens to the shape of the sampling
distribution of sample means? Becomes approximately normal
If all possible random samples of size n are taken from a population that is not normally
distributed, and the mean of each sample is determined, what can you say about the
sampling distribution of sample means? It is approximately normal provided that n is
large enough
The variance of the sampling distribution of the sample mean is equal to the variance of
the population mean divided by the sample size.
ANSWER: F
The variance of the sampling distribution of the sample proportion is equal to P(1-P) / n.
ANSWER: F
A simple random sample is selected when every object in the sample has an equal
probability of being selected and the objects are selected independently.
ANSWER: T
The mean and median of a random variable that follows the chi-square distribution are
equal.
ANSWER: F
The expected value of the population mean is the sample mean.
ANSWER: T
The Central Limit Theorem states that as the sample size increases, the distribution of
the population mean approaches the normal distribution.
ANSWER: F
If a random variable X is exponentially distributed with mean , then the distribution of
X approaches the normal distribution as the sample size increases.
ANSWER: T
If the sample size increases, the standard error of the mean remains unchanged.
ANSWER: F
When a great many simple random samples of size n are drawn from a population that
is normally distributed, the sampling distribution of the sample means will be normal
regardless of sample size n.
ANSWER: T
The Central Limit Theorem is basic to the concept of statistical inference, because it
permits us to draw conclusions about the population based strictly on sample data, and
without having any knowledge about the distribution of the underlying population.
ANSWER: T
The sampling distribution of sample means is normal for samples of all sizes, provided
that the parent sampled population has a normal distribution.
ANSWER: T
The sampling distribution of the mean will have the same mean as the original
population from which the samples were drawn.
ANSWER: T
The sampling distribution of the mean will have the same standard deviation as the
original population from which the samples were drawn.
ANSWER: F
The Central Limit Theorem states that if all possible random samples of size n are taken
from any population, the sampling distribution of sample means becomes
approximately normal when the sample size n is large enough.
ANSWER: T
Central Limit Theorem states that the sampling distribution of sample means will more
closely resemble the normal distribution regardless of the sample size.
ANSWER: F
