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Chapter 4 Simple Random Sampling n Definition of Simple Random Sample (SRS) and how to select a SRS n Estimation of population mean and total; sample size for estimating population mean and total n Estimation of population proportion; sample size for estimating population proportion n Comparing estimates

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Simple Random Samples n Desire the sample to be representative of the population from which the sample is selected n Each individual in the population should have an equal chance to be selected n Is this good enough?

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Example Select a sample of high school students as follows: 1. Flip a fair coin 2. If heads, select all female students in the school as the sample 3. If tails, select all male students in the school as the sample Each student has an equal chance to be in the sample Every sample a single gender, not representative Each individual in the population has an equal chance to be selected. Is this good enough? NO!!

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Simple Random Sample n A simple random sample (SRS) of size n consists of n units from the population chosen in such a way that every set of n units has an equal chance to be the sample actually selected.

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Simple Random Samples (cont.) Suppose a large History class of 500 students has 250 male and 250 female students. To select a random sample of 250 students from the class, I flip a fair coin one time. If the coin shows heads, I select the 250 males as my sample; if the coin shows tails I select the 250 females as my sample. What is the chance any individual student from the class is included in the sample? This is a random sample. Is it a simple random sample? 1/2 NO! Not every possible group of 250 students has an equal chance to be selected. Every sample consists of only 1 gender hardly representative.

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Simple Random Samples (cont.) The easiest way to choose an SRS is with random numbers. Statistical software can generate random digits (e.g., Excel =random(), ran# button on calculator).

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Example: simple random sample n Academic dept wishes to randomly choose a 3-member committee from the 28 members of the dept 00 Abbott07 Goodwin14 Pillotte21 Theobald 01 Cicirelli08 Haglund15 Raman22 Vader 02 Crane09 Johnson16 Reimann23 Wang 03 Dunsmore10 Keegan17 Rodriguez24 Wieczoreck 04 Engle11 Lechtenbg 18 Rowe25 Williams 05 Fitzpatk12 Martinez19 Sommers26 Wilson 06 Garcia13 Nguyen20 Stone27 Zink

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Solution Use a random number table; read 2-digit pairs until you have chosen 3 committee members For example, start in row 121: 71487 09984 29077 14863 61683 47052 62224 51025 Garcia (07) Theobald (22) Johnson (10) Your calculator generates random numbers; you can also generate random numbers using Excel

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Sampling Variability Suppose we had started in line 145? 19687 12633 57857 95806 09931 02150 43163 58636 Our sample would have been 19 Rowe, 26 Williams, 06 Fitzpatrick

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Sampling Variability Samples drawn at random generally differ from one another. Each draw of random numbers selects different people for our sample. These differences lead to different values for the variables we measure. We call these sample-to-sample differences sampling variability. Variability is OK; bias is bad!!

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Example: simple random sample n Using Excel tools n Using statcrunch (NFL)

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4.3 Estimation of population mean n Usual estimator

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4.3 Estimation of population mean n For a simple random sample of size n chosen without replacement from a population of size N n The correction factor takes into account that an estimate based on a sample of n=10 from a population of N=20 items contains more information than a sample of n=10 from a population of N=20,000

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4.3 Estimating the variance of the sample mean n Recall the sample variance

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4.3 Estimating the variance of the sample mean

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4.3 Example n Population {1, 2, 3, 4}; n = 2, equal weights SamplePr. of samples2s2 {1, 2}1/61.50.50.125 {1, 3}1/62.0 0.500 {1, 4}1/62.54.51.125 {2, 3}1/62.50.50.125 {2, 4}1/63.02.00.500 {3, 4}1/63.50.50.125 2.2281) =.025 -2.2281.025.95 t 10 P(t < -2.2281) =.025">

0 2.2281 Students t Distribution P(t > 2.2281) =.025 -2.2281.025.95 t 10 P(t < -2.2281) =.025

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0 1.96 Standard normal P(z > 1.96) =.025 -1.96.025.95 z P(z < -1.96) =.025

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-3-20123 Z t 0123 -2-3 Students t Distribution Figure 11.3, Page 372

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-3-20123 Z t1t1 0123 -2-3 Students t Distribution Figure 11.3, Page 372 Degrees of Freedom

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-3-20123 Z t1t1 0123 -2-3 t7t7 Students t Distribution Figure 11.3, Page 372 Degrees of Freedom

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4.3 Margin of error when estimating the population mean

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n Understanding confidence intervals; behavior of confidence intervals.

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4.3 Margin of error when estimating the population mean

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Comparing t and z Critical Values Conf. leveln = 30 z = 1.64590%t = 1.6991 z = 1.9695%t = 2.0452 z = 2.3398%t = 2.4620 z = 2.5899%t = 2.7564

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4.4 Determining Sample Size to Estimate

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Required Sample Size To Estimate a Population Mean If you desire a C% confidence interval for a population mean with an accuracy specified by you, how large does the sample size need to be? n We will denote the accuracy by MOE, which stands for Margin of Error.

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Example: Sample Size to Estimate a Population Mean Suppose we want to estimate the unknown mean height of male students at NC State with a confidence interval. We want to be 95% confident that our estimate is within.5 inch of n How large does our sample size need to be?

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Confidence Interval for

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n Good news: we have an equation n Bad news: 1.Need to know s 2.We dont know n so we dont know the degrees of freedom to find t * n-1

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A Way Around this Problem: Use the Standard Normal

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.95 Confidence level Sampling distribution of y

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Estimating s n Previously collected data or prior knowledge of the population n If the population is normal or near- normal, then s can be conservatively estimated by s range 6 n 99.7% of obs. Within 3 of the mean

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Example: sample size to estimate mean height of NCSU undergrad. male students We want to be 95% confident that we are within.5 inch of so MOE =.5; z*=1.96 n Suppose previous data indicates that s is about 2 inches. n n= [(1.96)(2)/(.5)] 2 = 61.47 n We should sample 62 male students

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Example: Sample Size to Estimate a Population Mean - Textbooks Suppose the financial aid office wants to estimate the mean NCSU semester textbook cost within MOE=$25 with 98% confidence. How many students should be sampled? Previous data shows is about $85.

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Example: Sample Size to Estimate a Population Mean -NFL footballs n The manufacturer of NFL footballs uses a machine to inflate new footballs n The mean inflation pressure is 13.5 psi, but uncontrollable factors cause the pressures of individual footballs to vary from 13.3 psi to 13.7 psi n After throwing 6 interceptions in a game, Peyton Manning complains that the balls are not properly inflated. The manufacturer wishes to estimate the mean inflation pressure to within.025 psi with a 99% confidence interval. How many footballs should be sampled?

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Example: Sample Size to Estimate a Population Mean n The manufacturer wishes to estimate the mean inflation pressure to within.025 pound with a 99% confidence interval. How may footballs should be sampled? n 99% confidence z* = 2.58; MOE =.025 n = ? Inflation pressures range from 13.3 to 13.7 psi n So range =13.7 13.3 =.4; range/6 =.4/6 =.067 12348...

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Required Sample Size To Estimate a Population Mean n It is frequently the case that we are sampling without replacement.

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Required Sample Size To Estimate a Population Mean When Sampling Without Replacement.

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4.3 Estimation of population total

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n Estimate number of lakes in Minnesota, the Land of 10,000 Lakes.

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Required Sample Size To Estimate a Population Total

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4.5 Estimation of population proportion p n Interested in the proportion p of a population that has a characteristic of interest. n Estimate p with a sample proportion. n http://packpoll.com/ http://packpoll.com/

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4.5 Estimation of population proportion p

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Required Sample Size To Estimate a Population Proportion p When Sampling Without Replacement.

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4.6 Comparing Estimates

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4.6 Comparing Estimates: Comparing Means

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60 Population 1Population 2 Parameters: 1 and 1 2 Parameters: 2 and 2 2 (values are unknown) (values are unknown) Sample size: n 1 Sample size: n 2 Statistics: x 1 and s 1 2 Statistics: x 2 and s 2 2 Estimate 1 2 with x 1 x 2

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df 0 Sampling distribution model for ? An estimate of the degrees of freedom is min(n 1 1, n 2 1). Shape?

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4.6 Comparing Estimates: Comparing Means

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4.6 Comparing Estimates: Comparing Means (Special Case, Seldom Used)

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4.6 Comparing Estimates: Comparing Proportions, Two Cases Difference between two polls Difference of proportions between 2 independent polls Differences within a single poll question Comparing proportions for a single poll question, horse-race polls (dependent proportions)

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4.6 Comparing Estimates: Comparing Proportions in Two Independent Polls

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4.6 Comparing Estimates: Comparing Dependent Proportions in a Single Poll n Multinomial Sampling Situation Typically 3 or more choices in a poll

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Worksheet n http://packpoll.com/ http://packpoll.com/

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End of Chapter 4