Estimation of Population Parameters
Aim
Undertake a small-scale survey to estimate population parameters.
Size of Sample
The size of the sample must be quite small, because it is stated so in
the aim. However, to make accurate estimates of population parameters
the sample must be large enough.
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According to the Central Limit Theorem:
n If the sample size is large enough, the distribution of the sample
mean is approximately Normal.
n The variance of the distribution of the sample mean is equal to the
variance of the sample mean divided by the sample size.
These are true whatever the distribution of the parent population. The
Central Limit Theorem allows predictions to be made about the
distribution of the sample mean without any knowledge of the
distribution of the parent population, as long as the sample is large
enough.
For this reason, the sample size will be set at 50, which I consider
large enough for the distribution of its mean to be normal (according
to the Central Limit Theorem). It should not be larger because the aim
of this investigation is to carry out a “small scale survey”
How / What Data to be Collected
The sample will be of the weight of 50 smarties. To be a “good”
sample, that is that the results are valid and not biased in any way,
these smarties must be collected randomly. 10 tubes of smarties will
be bought, each from a different shop, and 5 will be selected at
random from each tube to be used in the survey. This should produce a
random sample.
The sample must be random for the Central Limit Theorem to be in
effect, so that the distribution of its mean is Normal and predictions
can be made about it, even though the distribution of the parent
population of smarties is unknown and not necessarily Normal.
What Calculations will be Made Using the Data
n The mean, standard deviation and variance of the sample.
n These will be used to estimate the variance and standard deviation
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For sample 1, we subtracted 28.64(g) from 26.30(g) and got a mass of 2.34(g). We did the same process for the rest of the samples and got a mass of 5.84(g) (32.14(g) – 26.30(g)) for sample 2 and 7.49(g) (33.78(g) – 26.30(g)) for sample 3. We divided the mass of the each samples by their own volumes. For sample 1 we divided 2.34(g) by 3.14(mL) and got a density of .745(g/mL). We did the same process for the other samples and got .795(g/mL) (5.84(g)/7.35(mL)) for sample 2 and .797(g/mL) (7.49(g)/9.39(mL)) for sample 3. We then add up all the densities of the sample and then divided by 3 to get the average density, .779(g/mL). The identity of the unknown liquid (5) was cyclohexane which has a density of .792(g/mL). We had to calculate the percent experimental error just like the unknown metal. We took .779(g/mL) minus .792(g/mL) and then divided it by .792(g/mL). Then multiply the product by 100 and got -1.64% error.
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