Calculating Mean Probability with Sampling Distributions | Sample Size 200

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The mean probability of 100 observations is established at 0.0422. To estimate the mean probability for a sample size of 200, one can rely on the principle that the mean remains approximately constant across different sample sizes, although standard deviation decreases with larger samples. This discussion emphasizes the importance of understanding sampling distributions and their implications on statistical analysis.

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The mean probability of 100 observations is .0422. If you are not given the data for a sample size of 200, how do you find the mean probability of this data using the mean probability you found from .0422?

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Sorry, your question seems to be somewhat unclear to me. Is the .0422 the frequency of occurrence of something observed? Well, then is should be the same (with some statistical variations of course) for most experiments.

If you are aiming at an entirely different point you should clarify the kind of experiment you have in mind, because most of the answers will depend on that.
 


The Mean will stay approximately the same no matter how large the size of the sample. However, the standard deviation will decrease if the sample gets larger

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