JS 015- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 25 pages long!)

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Js 15 - lecture 8 sampling distributions. Empirical probability distribution: empirical probability distribution: contains all outcomes in a distribution of research, look like a histogram. Theoretical probability distribution: theoretical probability distribution: contains proportion of times expected to get a particular outcome in large number of trials of generating outcomes, example 1: For the average age of a random sample of students, the expected distribution of average age across all possible samples would look like the following: example 2: For the coin toss at the beginning of a football game, the expected proportion of. Sjsu students" gpas and recording it: take 100 more sjsu students" gpas and recording it, repeat above and record again, again, again. And so on: able to judge likelihood numbers produced by selected sample reflect a reality about the population from which they came. Standard error: standard error: standard deviation for a sampling distribution, can be measured using z scores.