Estimation of
Parameters
Prepared by:
Lourenz B. Tan-Castro
SHS Teacher II
Computing the Point Estimate
of a Population Mean
• Statistical inference is making conclusion
or generalization about the population on
the study of samples.
• Parameters are numerical descriptive
measures of populations and they are
usually unknown.
Computing the Point Estimate
of a Population Mean
• An Estimate is a value or a range values
that approximate a parameter. It is based
on sample statistics computed from
sample data.
• Estimation is the process of determining a
parameter values.
Restaurant Service Quality
Task: Read the following situation carefully.
Then, perform the appropriate operation to
answer the questions.
Susan, a TLE researcher, looked at the average time (in
minutes) it takes a random sample of customers to be served
in a restaurant. From 40 customers, the following information
was obtained. What is the average wait time? ______________
8 8 10 18 10 13 8 10 8 10
12 10 16 16 12 15 12 12 9 15
10 20 20 12 10 10 `16 10 18 12
15 12 15 14 15 16 15 12 8 8
1. What is the mean of the sample? ________ minutes.
2. This value is called _________ of the population µ.
3. Based on the observation of the mean, would you
patronize the restaurant?
Key Points:
• Statistical Inference • Infinite Population
• Parameters • Variance
• Estimate • Standard Deviation
• Average/Mean
• Mean of the Means
• Finite Population
Susan, a TLE researcher, looked at the average time (in
minutes) it takes a random sample of customers to be served
in a restaurant. From 40 customers, the following information
was obtained. What is the average wait time? ______________
Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
8 8 10 18 10 13 8 10 8 10
12 10 16 16 12 15 12 12 9 15
10 20 20 12 10 10 16 10 18 12
15 12 15 14 15 16 15 12 8 8
Sum 45 50 61 60 47 54 51 44 43 45
Mean 11.25 12.5 15.25 15 11.75 13.5 12.75 11 10.75 11.25
𝒙)
(ഥ
ഥ
𝒙
Mean of the means = 𝜮 𝒏
𝟏𝟐𝟓
= 𝟏𝟐. 𝟓
𝟏𝟎
Problem 1:
Mr. Kloy company sells bottled
water. He claims that a bottle
contains 500ml of water. A consumer
group wanted to know if his claim is
true. They took 6 random samples of
10 such bottles and obtained the
capacity, in ml, of each bottle. The
result is shown as follows
Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
500 498 497 503 499 497 497 497 497 495
500 500 495 494 498 500 500 500 500 497
497 497 502 496 497 497 497 497 497 495
501 495 500 497 497 500 500 495 497 497
502 497 497 499 496 497 497 499 500 500
496 497 496 495 497 497 500 500 496 497
Sum 2996 2984 2987 2984 2984 2988 2991 2988 2987 2981
Mean 499.3333 497.3333 497.8333 497.3333 497.3333 498 498.5 498 497.8333 496.8333
𝑥ҧ
𝑥ҧ𝑥ҧ = 497.83 𝑠 2 = 4.507
𝑛 = 10 − 1
s = 2.123
=9
Solution:
𝑠2 =
(499.33−497.83)2 +(497.83−497.83)2 +(497.83−497.83)2 +(497.83−497.83
2 2.25+0.25+0+0.25+0.25+0.445+0.029+0.449+0+1
𝑠 =
9
2 2.25+0.25+0+0.25+0.25+0.029+0.449+0.029+0+1
𝑠 =
9
𝑠 2 = 4.507
s = 2.123
Problem 2:
Mr. Domingo conducted a survey among ten random
samples of people who are in favor of truck ban in a section
of a metropolitan area. He determined the percentages of
those who are in favor of the ban. Assuming that the only
error present is the sampling error, he wanted to determine
the point estimate of the population mean percentage and
the standard deviation based on 500 observations. The
following numbers represent the percentages of the ten
surveys.
47.0 56.4 50.1 60.2 48.0 55.3 60.0 59.5 63.0 57.5
