Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ORIENTAL MINDORO
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY
CHAPTER TEST: SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION

NAME: _________________________________________________ Section: _________________ Date: __________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read and analyze the following items. Write the letter of the correct answer on the
space before the number.
1. The mean and standard deviation of a population are 150 and 20, respectively. If a sample of 25 respondents are taken, what is the mean of the
sampling distribution?
A. 150 B. 16 C. 25 D. 5
2. Which of the following describe how the sampling distribution model for the sample mean changes as the sample size is increased?
A. The mean of the sampling distribution gets smaller C. The sampling distribution model becomes more Normal in shape
B. The sampling distribution model tends to be skewed. D. The standard deviation of the sampling distribution gets smaller.
3. The best description of the sampling distribution of a sample statistic is____________
A. the distribution of the values of the statistic for all individuals in the sample.
B. the distribution of the values of the statistic for some samples, with the same size, selected from the population.
C. the distribution of the values of the statistic for all possible samples, with the same size, selected from the population.
D. the distribution of the values of the statistic for all individuals in the population.
4. A survey will be given to 300 students randomly selected from the freshmen class at Lincoln High School. What is the population?
A. the 300 selected students C. all freshmen at Lincoln High School
B. all students at Lincoln High School D. not stated in the given
5. A sample of 3 values is to be taken from a population of 10 values. How many possible samples are there?
A. 30 B. 120 C. 100 D. 150
6. Mrs. Trahan samples her class by selecting every third person on her class list. Which type of sampling method is this?
A. Simple B. Systematic C. Stratified D. Cluster
7. Farmer Joe separates his farm into 10 regions. He then randomly selected 5 trees from each region to estimate the number of apples produced
on his apple tree farm. This is _____________ sampling.
A. Simple B. Systematic C. Stratified D. Cluster
8. Mrs. Trahan samples her class by selecting all students sitting at group 1 and group 5 in her classroom. This sampling technique is called?
A. Simple B. Systematic C. Stratified D. Cluster
9. In constructing sampling distribution of the sample means, the first thing to do is ___________
A. List all the samples and compute the mean for each sample. C. Identify the number of possible samples.
B. Construct the histogram of the probability distribution D. Compute the probability of each sample means.
10. Which of the following equations is used to solve for the mean of the sampling distribution of the sample means?
A. 𝜇𝑋̅ = ∑[𝑋̅ ∙ 𝑃(𝑋̅)] − 𝜇𝑋̅ 2 B. 𝜇𝑋̅ = ∑[𝑋̅ ∙ 𝑃(𝑋̅)] − 𝜇𝑋̅ C. 𝜇𝑋̅ = ∑[𝑋̅ 2 ∙ 𝑃(𝑋̅)] − 𝜇𝑋̅ D. 𝜇𝑋̅ = ∑[𝑋̅ ∙ 𝑃(𝑋̅)]
11. What can be inferred from the mean of the population and the mean of the sampling distribution of the sample means?
a. They are constant. B. They are equal. C. They are infinite D. They are proportional.
12. Which of the following best describe the shape of the sampling distribution?
A. Its shape tend to have a uniformed distribution. C. Its shape is similar to binomial distribution.
B. It follows the shape of a normal distribution. D. It tends to have a non-probability distribution.
13. In a sampling distribution, what descriptive measure is being calculated by the equation = ∑[𝑋̅ 2 ∙ 𝑃(𝑋̅ )] − 𝜇𝑋̅ 2 which determines the
dispersion of the sample means?
A. Mean B. Standard Deviation C. Variance D. Difference
14. Using the property of Central Limit Theorem, what will be the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of an infinite population size with
𝜎 = 15 and 81 samples are taken?
a. 1.56 B. 1.67 C. 1.25 D. 0.19
15. Which of the following DO NOT illustrate the Central Limit Theorem?
A. The mean of the population and sampling distribution are equal.
B. The standard deviation of the sampling distribution is greater than the mean.
C. The shape of the sampling distribution will tend to have a normal distribution.
D. The standard deviation of the sampling distribution is the standard error of the mean.

II. Do the following problems.

1. A rowing team consists of 5 rowers whose ages are 22, 24, 26, 28, 30. If you are asked to take a sample of size n= 2,
a) construct the sampling probability distribution,
b) compute the population mean
c) find the mean of the sampling distribution of the sample means
d) find the variance of the sampling distribution of the sample means
e) find the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample means
f) Construct the histogram of the sampling distribution.
2. An automobile battery manufacturer claims that its midgrade battery has a mean life of 50 months with a standard deviation of 7 months.
Suppose the distribution of battery lives of this particular brand is approximately normal. Find the probability that a randomly selected 40
batteries of this type will last between 47 and 49 months.
Good luck !!! _mamjenn_
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ORIENTAL MINDORO

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

CHAPTER TEST: SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION
NAME: _________________________________________________ Section: _________________ Date: __________

II. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read and analyze the following items. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
16. The best description of the sampling distribution of a sample statistic is____________
E. the distribution of the values of the statistic for all individuals in the sample.
F. the distribution of the values of the statistic for some samples, with the same size, selected from the population.
G. the distribution of the values of the statistic for all possible samples, with the same size, selected from the population.
H. the distribution of the values of the statistic for all individuals in the population.
17. A survey will be given to 100 students randomly selected from the freshmen class at Lincoln High School. What is the population?
C. the 100 selected students C. all freshmen at Lincoln High School
D. all students at Lincoln High School D. not stated in the given
18. Which of the following describe how the sampling distribution model for the sample mean changes as the sample size is increased?
19. The mean of the sampling distribution gets smaller C. The sampling distribution model becomes more Normal in shape
20. The sampling distribution model tends to be skewed. D. The standard deviation of the sampling distribution gets smaller
21. The mean and standard deviation of a population are 200 and 20, respectively. Sample size is 25. What is the mean of the sampling distribution?
B. 200 B. 16 C. 25 D. 4
22. A sample of 3 values is to be taken from a population of 10 values. How many possible samples are there?
B. 30 B. 120 C. 100 D. 150
23. Mrs. Trahan samples her class by selecting every third person on her class list. Which type of sampling method is this?
B. Simple B. Systematic C. Stratified D. Cluster
24. Mrs. Trahan samples her class by selecting all students sitting at group 1 and group 5 in her classroom. This sampling technique is called?
B. Simple B. Systematic C. Stratified D. Cluster
25. Farmer Joe separates his farm into 10 regions. He then randomly selected 5 trees from each region to estimate the number of apples produced
on his apple tree farm. This is _____________ sampling.
B. Simple B. Systematic C. Stratified D. Cluster
26. In constructing sampling distribution of the sample means, the first thing to do is ___________
C. List all the samples and compute the mean for each sample.
D. Identify the number of possible samples.
E. Construct the histogram of the probability distribution
F. Compute the probability of each sample means.
27. Which of the following equations is used to solve for the mean of the sampling distribution of the sample means?
B. 𝜇𝑋̅ = ∑[𝑋̅ ∙ 𝑃(𝑋̅)] − 𝜇𝑋̅ 2 B. 𝜇𝑋̅ = ∑[𝑋̅ ∙ 𝑃(𝑋̅)] − 𝜇𝑋̅ C. 𝜇𝑋̅ = ∑[𝑋̅ 2 ∙ 𝑃(𝑋̅)] − 𝜇𝑋̅ D. 𝜇𝑋̅ = ∑[𝑋̅ ∙ 𝑃(𝑋̅)]
28. In a sampling distribution, what descriptive measure is being calculated by the equation 𝜇𝑋̅ = ∑[𝑋̅ ∙ 𝑃(𝑋̅)] − 𝜇𝑋̅ 2 which determines the
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dispersion of the sample means?

B. Mean B. Standard Deviation C. Variance D. Difference
29. What can be inferred from the mean of the population and the mean of the sampling distribution of the sample means?
b. They are constant. B. They are equal. C. They are infinite D. They are proportional.
30. Which of the following best describe the shape of the sampling distribution?
C. Its shape tend to have a uniformed distribution. C. Its shape is similar to binomial distribution.
D. It follows the shape of a normal distribution. D. It tends to have a non-probability distribution.
31. Using the property of Central Limit Theorem, what will be the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of an infinite population size with
𝜎 = 25 and 100 samples are taken?
b. 250 B. 2.5 C. 0.25 D. 25
32. Which of the following DO NOT illustrate the Central Limit Theorem?
E. The mean of the population and sampling distribution are equal.
F. The shape of the sampling distribution will tend to have a normal distribution.
G. The standard deviation of the sampling distribution is the standard error of the mean.
H. The standard deviation of the sampling distribution is greater than the mean.

II. Do the following problems.

3. A rowing team consists of 5 rowers who weigh 48, 50, 52, 54, 56. If you are asked to take a sample of size n= 2,
g) construct the sampling probability distribution,
h) find the mean of the sampling distribution of the sample means
i) find the variance of the sampling distribution of the sample means
j) find the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample means
4. Assume that a school district has 10,000 6th graders. In this district, the average weight of a 6th grader is 80 pounds, with a standard
deviation of 20 pounds. Suppose you draw a random sample of 50 students. What is the probability that the average weight of a sampled
student will be less than 75 pounds?
5. An automobile battery manufacturer claims that its midgrade battery has a mean life of 50 months with a standard deviation of 6 months.
Suppose the distribution of battery lives of this particular brand is approximately normal. Find the probability that a randomly selected battery
of this type will last between 48 and 51 months.
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ORIENTAL MINDORO
Good luck !!! _mamjenn_