Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

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CHART 1 Example of Sampling Distribution


RED WHITE NUMBER OF SAMPLES


42 58 1
43 57 1
45 55 2
46 54 4
47 53 8
48 52 12 Number of red and white marbles that were
49 51 21 randomly drawn from a jar of 5,000 marbles
50 50 31 with 100 drawn each time, repeated 130
51 49 20 times for 130 independent random samples.
52 48 13
53 47 9
54 46 5
55 45 2
57 43 1
To t a l 13 0

NUMBER OF SAMPLES


31
30

29
28

27
26

25
24

23
22

21
20
19

18
17

16
15

14 *
13 *
12

11
10

9 **
8
7

6 *
5 ****
4 ***

3 *
2 ***

1 ** *** *
42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57


NUMBER OF RED MARBLES IN A SAMPLE
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