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What distribution does the F distribution approach as the sample size increases?
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The F distribution is used to test whether two population variances are the same. The sampled populations must follow the normal distribution. Therefore, as the sample size increases, the F distribution approaches the normal distribution.
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What does the Central Limit Theorem say about the traditional sample size that separates a large sample size from a small sample size?
The Central Limit Theorem states that the sampling distribution of the sample means approaches a normal distribution as the sample size gets larger — no matter what the shape of the population distribution. This fact holds especially true for sample sizes over 30.
When the sample size is large valid confidence intervals can be established for the population mean irrespective of the shape of the underlying distribution?
Yes, but that begs the question: how large should the sample size be?
How can you compare means of two samples when the samples are chi square distributed?
According to the Central Limit Theorem if the sample size is large enough then the means will tend towards a normal distribution regardless of the distribution of the actual sample.
As standard deviation increases what happens to the sample size in order to achieve a specified level of confidence?
decreases
Suppose that a population that a population has mean equals 64 and standard deviation equals 18. A sample of size 36 is selected. What is the mean of the sampling distribution of means?
64.
Does the distribution of sample means have a standard deviation that increases with the sample size?
No, it is not.
As the sample size increases the standard deviation of the sampling distribution increases?
No.
What happens to the distribution of the t-score as the sample size increases?
It approaches a normal distribution.
Does the central limit theorem states that as sample size increases the population distribution more closely approximates a normal distribution?
Yes.
How does sample size affect t score?
The estimated standard deviation goes down as the sample size increases. Also, the degrees of freedom increase and, as they increase, the t-distribution gets closer to the Normal distribution.
Why is t score equal to z score in a normal distribution?
Because as the sample size increases the Student's t-distribution approaches the standard normal.
In an SRS of size n what is true about the sampling distributions of p when the sample size n increases?
As n increases the sampling distribution of pˆ (p hat) becomes approximately normal.
What does the Central Limit Theorem say about the traditional sample size that separates a large sample size from a small sample size?
The Central Limit Theorem states that the sampling distribution of the sample means approaches a normal distribution as the sample size gets larger — no matter what the shape of the population distribution. This fact holds especially true for sample sizes over 30.
What does when the sample size and degrees of freedom is sufficiently large the difference between a t distribution and the normal distribution becomes negligible mean?
The t-distribution and the normal distribution are not exactly the same. The t-distribution is approximately normal, but since the sample size is so small, it is not exact. But n increases (sample size), degrees of freedom also increase (remember, df = n - 1) and the distribution of t becomes closer and closer to a normal distribution. Check out this picture for a visual explanation: http://www.uwsp.edu/PSYCH/stat/10/Image87.gif
Is the sample size in poisson probability distribution?
It can be.
Will the distribution of the sample means follow the uniform distribution?
The distribution of the sample means will, as the sample size increases, follow the normal distribution. This is true for any given distribution (e.g. does not need to be a normal distribution). This concept is from the central limit theorem. It is one of the most important concepts in statistics, along with the law of large numbers. An applet to help you understand this concept is located at: http:/www.stat.sc.edu/~west/javahtml/CLT.html
Explain how you could create a distribution of means by taking a large number of samples of four individuals each?
As the sample size increases, and the number of samples taken increases, the distribution of the means will tend to a normal distribution. This is the Central Limit Theorem (CLT). Try out the applet and you will have a better understanding of the CLT.
