Sampling

Based on Chapter 7 of ModernDive. Code for Quiz 11

  1. Load the R packages we will use.
  1. Quiz questions

#Question:

Modify the code for comparing different sample sizes from the virtual bowl

Segment 1: sample size = 30

1.a) Take 1200 samples of size of 30 instead of 1000 replicates of size 25 from the bowl dataset. Assign the output to virtual_samples_30

virtual_samples_30  <- bowl %>% 
rep_sample_n(size = 30, reps = 1200)

1.b) Compute resulting 1200 replicates of proportion red

virtual_prop_red_30 <- virtual_samples_30  %>%
  group_by(replicate) %>% 
  summarize(red  = sum(color == "red")) %>% 
  mutate(prop_red = red / 30)

1.c) Plot distribution of virtual_prop_red_30 via a histogram

use labs to

ggplot(virtual_prop_red_30, aes(x = prop_red)) +
  geom_histogram(binwidth = 0.05, boundary = 0.4, color = "white") +
  labs(x = "Proportion of 30 balls that were red", title = "30")

Segment 2: sample size = 55

2.a) Take 1200 samples of size of 55 instead of 1000 replicates of size 50. Assign the output to virtual_samples_55

virtual_samples_55  <- bowl %>% 
rep_sample_n(size = 55, reps = 1200)

2.b) Compute resulting 1200 replicates of proportion red

virtual_prop_red_55  <- virtual_samples_55  %>% 
  group_by(replicate) %>% 
  summarize(red = sum(color == "red")) %>% 
  mutate(prop_red = red / 55)

2.c) Plot distribution of virtual_prop_red_SEE QUIZ via a histogram

use labs to

ggplot(virtual_prop_red_55, aes(x = prop_red)) +
  geom_histogram(binwidth = 0.05, boundary = 0.4, color = "white") +
  labs(x = "Proportion of 55 balls that were red", title = "55")

Segment 3: sample size = 120

3.a) Take 1200 samples of size of 120 instead of 1000 replicates of size 50. Assign the output to virtual_samples_120

virtual_samples_120 <- bowl %>% 
rep_sample_n(size = 120, reps = 1200)

3.b) Compute resulting 1200 replicates of proportion red

virtual_prop_red_120 <- virtual_samples_120 %>% 
  group_by(replicate) %>% 
  summarize(red = sum(color == "red")) %>% 
  mutate(prop_red = red / 120)

3.c) Plot distribution of virtual_prop_red_120 via a histogram

use labs to

ggplot(virtual_prop_red_120, aes(x = prop_red)) +
  geom_histogram(binwidth = 0.05, boundary = 0.4, color = "white") +
  labs(x = "Proportion of 120 balls that were red", title = "120")
ggsave(filename = "preview.png",
       path = here::here("_posts", "2021-05-04-sampling"))

Calculate the standard deviations for your three sets of SEE QUIZ values of prop_red using the standard deviation

n = 30

virtual_prop_red_30 %>% 
  summarize(sd = sd(prop_red))
# A tibble: 1 x 1
      sd
   <dbl>
1 0.0846

n = 55

virtual_prop_red_55 %>% 
  summarize(sd = sd(prop_red))
# A tibble: 1 x 1
      sd
   <dbl>
1 0.0675

n = 120

virtual_prop_red_120 %>% 
  summarize(sd = sd(prop_red))
# A tibble: 1 x 1
      sd
   <dbl>
1 0.0433

The distribution with sample size, n = 120, has the smallest standard deviation (spread) around the estimated proportion of red balls.