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Apr 23, 2022 · If the underlying variable is real-valued, then clearly the sample mean is simply the mean of the empirical distribution. It follows that the sample mean satisfies all properties of expected value, not just the linear properties and increasing properties given above.
The sample mean is a random variable, not a constant, since its calculated value will randomly differ depending on which members of the population are sampled, and consequently it will have its own distribution. For a random sample of n independent observations, the expected value of the sample mean is
Nov 10, 2020 · Theorem 7.2.1 provides formulas for the expected value and variance of the sample mean, and we see that they both depend on the mean and variance of the population. The fact that the expected value of the sample mean is exactly equal to the population mean indicates that the sample mean is an unbiased estimator of the population mean. This is ...
Mar 26, 2023 · The sample mean \(x\) is a random variable: it varies from sample to sample in a way that cannot be predicted with certainty. We will write \(\bar{X}\) when the sample mean is thought of as a random variable, and write \(x\) for the values that it takes.
About. Transcript. Take a sample from a population, calculate the mean of that sample, put everything back, and do it over and over. No matter what the population looks like, those sample means will be roughly normally distributed given a reasonably large sample size (at least 30).
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Solution. Starting with the definition of the sample mean, we have: E ( X ¯) = E ( X 1 + X 2 + ⋯ + X n n) Then, using the linear operator property of expectation, we get: E ( X ¯) = 1 n [ E ( X 1) + E ( X 2) + ⋯ + E ( X n)] Now, the X i are identically distributed, which means they have the same mean μ.
All we need to do is recognize that the sample mean: X ¯ = X 1 + X 2 + ⋯ + X n n. is a linear combination of independent normal random variables: X ¯ = 1 n X 1 + 1 n X 2 + ⋯ + 1 n X n. with c i = 1 n, the mean μ i = μ and the variance σ i 2 = σ 2. That is, the moment generating function of the sample mean is then:
