Lesson 6 Parameter and Statistic
Lesson 6 Parameter and Statistic
Lesson 6 Parameter and Statistic
Statistic
Parameter
A parameter
is a measure that describes a population. Parameters are usually
denoted by Greek Letters.
Population mean -
Population variance -
Population Standard Deviation -
Statistics
Statistics
is a measure that describes a sample. Statistics are usually denoted by
Roman letters.
Sample mean -
Sample variance -
Sample standard deviation -
The population mean is the mean of the entire
The following are ages of the 16 Math teachers at Archimedes Secondary School.
30 34 32 38 28 36 40 31
35 34 33 30 37 40 30 40
The sample
mean is the average of all the values randomly selected from the
population. That is,
x = sample data
n = sample size
Example
The following are ages of the 16 Math teachers at Archimedes Secondary School.
30 34 32 38 28 36 40 31
35 34 33 30 37 40 30 40
34, 38, 28, 36, 40, 31, 35, 34, 33, 30, 40, 40
Student Scores
1 25
Example 3 2 22
3 23
4 28
Scores of the 15 5
6
29
30
Sampled 7
7
8
31
31
24
8 24
Grade 9 students 9
9
10
32
32
33
10 33
11
11 32
32
12
12 39
39
13
13 40
40
14
14 34
34
15
15 48
48
Sample Variance and Sample Standard
Deviation
The sample
variance is the sum of the squared deviation of each data from the
sample mean divided by n – 1. It is uses the following formula:
Standard Deviation:
Example 4