document.write( "Question 207317: I have a population that I ran the mean for and got 55.1 as the Central measure of 10,000 data points.
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document.write( "Then I took 25 data points per sample and generated the sample means ( Actually ran 100 samples but I will sample the sample )
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document.write( "Here they are. Using Central Limit theorem concept, prove or disprove it by verifying the sample means approximate the population mean
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document.write( "Sample means: 55.2, 55.7, 54.8, 54.9, 55.2, 55.3, 54.8, 55.1, 55.4, 54.6, 54.8, 55.2, 55.0, 54.9, 54.8, 55.0, 54.3 \r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #156877 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! I have a population that I ran the mean for and got 55.1 as the Central measure of 10,000 data points. \n" ); document.write( "Then I took 25 data points per sample and generated the sample means ( Actually ran 100 samples but I will sample the sample ) \n" ); document.write( "Here they are. Using Central Limit theorem concept, prove or disprove it by verifying the sample means approximate the population mean \n" ); document.write( "to the ( at least ) 95% level of confidence \n" ); document.write( "Sample means: 55.2, 55.7, 54.8, 54.9, 55.2, 55.3, 54.8, 55.1, 55.4, 54.6, 54.8, 55.2, 55.0, 54.9, 54.8, 55.0, 54.3 \n" ); document.write( "------------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "According to the CLT the mean of the sample means you have listed should \n" ); document.write( "approach the mean of the population as the number of sample means increases, \n" ); document.write( "and the standard deviation of the sample means should approach the quotient \n" ); document.write( "of the population standard deviation and the sqrt(sample size) under the \n" ); document.write( "same restriction. \n" ); document.write( "-------------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "The mean of your sample means can be gotten by adding the sample means \n" ); document.write( "you have listed and dividing by the number of sample means you have. \n" ); document.write( "I get mean of sample means = 55 and standard deviation of the \n" ); document.write( "sample means is 0.3260 \n" ); document.write( "----- \n" ); document.write( "Ho: u(sample means) = 55.1 \n" ); document.write( "Ha: u(sample means) is not 55.1 \n" ); document.write( "------ \n" ); document.write( "alpha = 5% \n" ); document.write( "I ran a T-test and got the following: \n" ); document.write( "test statistic: t = -1.2649.. \n" ); document.write( "p-value = 0.224... \n" ); document.write( "----------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Conclusion: Since the p-value is greater than alpha=5%, Fail to \n" ); document.write( "Reject Ho. \n" ); document.write( "------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Conclusion: The test results support the claim of the CLT \n" ); document.write( "-------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( " |