Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Applied Mathematics - Section B2

Chapter

Probability Distributions

Question:

One of the following is true relation between sample mean $(\overline{x})$ and population mean $(\mu )$ .

Options:

$|\overline {x} - \mu |$ increases when increases the size of samples

$\overline {x} = \mu  $, for all sample sizes

$|\overline {x} - \mu |$ do not change with size of samples

$|\overline {x} - \mu |$ decreases when increases the size of samples

Correct Answer:

$|\overline {x} - \mu |$ decreases when increases the size of samples

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → $|\overline {x} - \mu |$ decreases when increases the size of samples

The true relation between the sample mean $(\overline{x})$ and the population mean (μ) is given by the Law of Large Numbers. This law states that as the size of the random sample increases, the sample mean tends to get closer to the population mean.

Mathematically, this implies that the absolute difference between the sample mean and the population mean, $|\overline {x} - \mu |$, tends to decrease as the sample size (n) increases.