We have population values 1,3,5,7 population size N=4 and sample size n=2.
Thus, the number of possible samples which can be drawn without replacement is (24)=6.
Sample values1,31,51,73,53.75,7Sample mean(Xˉ)234456
The sampling distribution of the sample mean Xˉ is
Sum=Xˉ23456f112116f(Xˉ)1/61/62/61/61/161Xf(Xˉ)2/63/68/65/66/64X2f(Xˉ)4/69/632/625/636/653/3
μ=41+3+5+7=4
σ2=41((1−4)2+(3−4)2+(5−4)2+(7−4)2)
=5
Check
The mean of the sample means is
μXˉ=E(Xˉ)=4=μ
Var(Xˉ)=σXˉ2=E(Xˉ2)−(E(Xˉ))2
=353−(4)2=35
The standard deviation of the sample means is
σXˉ=σXˉ2=5/3
nσ2⋅N−1N−n=35⋅4−14−2=σXˉ2
μXˉ=μ
σXˉ=nσN−1N−n