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1. Government of India & Government of The Netherlands
DHV CONSULTANTS &
DELFT HYDRAULICS with
HALCROW, TAHAL, CES,
ORG & JPS
VOLUME 2
SAMPLING PRINCIPLES
REFERENCE MANUAL
2. Reference Manual – Sampling Principles (SW) Volume 2
Sampling Principles January 2003 Page i
Table of Contents
1. SAMPLING DISTRIBUTIONS 1-1
1.1 NORMAL OR GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION 1-1
1.2 CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION 1-2
1.3 STUDENT T DISTRIBUTION 1-3
1.4 CONFIDENCE INTERVALS OF MEAN AND VARIANCE FOR UNCORRELATED
DATA 1-3
1.4.1 SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION OF THE SAMPLE MEAN WITH KNOWN
VARIANCE 1-3
1.4.2 SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION OF THE SAMPLE VARIANCE 1-5
1.4.3 SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION OF THE SAMPLE MEAN WITH UNKNOWN
VARIANCE 1-6
1.5 EFFECT OF SERIAL CORRELATION ON CONFIDENCE INTERVALS 1-6
2. GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING AND EXPRESSING THE UNCERTAINTY OF NIST
MEASUREMENT RESULTS 2-1
3. Reference Manual – Sampling Principles (SW) Volume 2
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=
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∫∞−
ξξ−
π
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2
Z,N
2
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2
1
exp(
2
1
)z(Fand)z
2
1
exp(
2
1
)z(f
Y
YY
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σ
µ−
=
ξ∫
σ
µ−ξ
−
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=
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−
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2
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2
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1. SAMPLING DISTRIBUTIONS
The moment and quantile statistics presented in Table 3.1 of Volume 2, Design Manual, Sampling
Principles, are asymptotically normally distributed. This implies that for large sample sizes N the
estimate and the standard error fully describe the probability distribution of the statistic. For small
sample sizes the sampling distributions may, however, deviate significantly from normality. In addition
to the normal distribution important sampling distributions are the Chi-square distribution, and the
Student-t distribution. These 3 distributions will first be described, and subsequently be used to
quantify the uncertainty in the sample mean and the sample variance.
1.1 NORMAL OR GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
The mean µy and the standard deviation σY fully describe the normal or gaussian pdf and cdf:
(1.1)
The standard normal pdf and cdf follows from (1.1) when the standardised random variable Z is
introduced, which is given by:
(1.2)
Then the standard normal pdf and cdf, where µZ = 0 and σZ = 1, reads:
(1.3)
The standard normal pdf is shown in Figure 1.1
Figure 1.1
Standard normal pdf
The importance of the normal distribution in hydrology stems from the Central Limit Theorem, which
states that this distribution results quite generally from the sum of a large number of random variables
acting together. Let YS be the weighted sum of N independent random variables YI , i = 1, N, each
with mean µi and variance σi
2
:
(1.4)
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n2andn 2
22 =σ=µ χχ
∑∑
==
σ=σµ=µ
N
1i
2
i
2
i
2
Y
N
1i
iiY aanda
SS
( )
0:for
2
exp
22/n2
1
)(f 2
2
12/n
2
2
C ≥χ
χ−
χ
Γ
=χ
−
Then, for sufficiently large N, irrespective of the distribution of the Yi’s, their weighted sum YS is
normally distributed with mean µYs and variance σYs
2
:
(1.5)
1.2 CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION
Equation (1.2) defines the standard normal variate Z. Now let Z1, Z2, Z3, …, Zn be n independent
standard normal random variables, then the Chi-square variable χn
2
with n degrees of freedom is
defined as:
χn
2
= Z1
2
+ Z2
2
+ Z3
2
+ …+ Zn
2
(1.6)
The number of degrees of freedom n represents the number of independent or ‘free’ squares entering
into the expression. The pdf is given by:
The function fC(χ2
) for different degrees of freedom is depicted in Figure 1.2. The mean and the
variance of the variable χn
2
are:
(1.7)
The Chi-square distribution is a special case of the gamma distribution function (see also Volume 8,
Annex to Part III). It approaches the normal distribution if N becomes large. This distribution function
is particularly of importance to describe the sampling distribution of the variance.
Figure 1.2 Chi-square distribution Figure 1.3 Student t distribution
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1
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n/Y
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Tn =
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2
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)t(f
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+
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+Γ
=
1.3 STUDENT T DISTRIBUTION
The Student t distribution results from a combination of a normal and a chi-square random variable.
Let Y and Z be independent random variables, such that Y has a χn
2
distribution and Z a standard
normal distribution then the variable Tn is the Student t variable with n degrees of freedom when
defined by:
(1.8)
The pdf of Tn is given by:
The function fS(t) for different degrees of freedom is shown in Figure 1.3. The mean and the variance
of the variable Tn are respectively:
(1.9)
The Student t distribution approaches a standard normal distribution as the number of degrees of
freedom becomes large. From (1.9) it is observed that the standard deviation is slightly larger than 1
particularly for small n. Hence, the dispersion about the mean is somewhat larger than in the standard
normal case.
1.4 CONFIDENCE INTERVALS OF MEAN AND VARIANCE FOR
UNCORRELATED DATA
The distribution functions dealt with in the previous section are used to arrive at confidence intervals
for the mean and the variance or standard deviation. That is to say, that when an estimate of the
mean or the variance is made based on a sample, a range around the estimate is determined in which
the true mean or variance is likely to lie with a stated probability. To arrive at these confidence
intervals in this sub-section it is assumed that the sample data are independent of each other, i.e.
serially uncorrelated. Some adjustment is required when the sample values are serially correlated; in
the next sub-section the required adjustment is dealt with. In the next the following cases are
discussed:
• confidence limits for the mean when the population variance is known (use of normal distribution),
• confidence limits for the variance (use of χ2
distribution), and
• confidence limits for the mean when the population variance is unknown (use of Student t
distribution).
1.4.1 SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION OF THE SAMPLE MEAN WITH KNOWN VARIANCE
The mean mY is estimated by:
(1.10)
Then, from (1.4) and (1.5) it follows for the mean and standard error of mY with ai = 1/N:
2nfor
2n
n
and1nfor0 2
tt >
−
=σ>=µ
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α−==≤< ∫
α−
α
α−α 1dz)z(f)zZz(obPr
2/1
2/
z
z
NZ2/12/
α−=≤
σ
µ−
< α−α 1)z
N)m(
z(obPr 2/1
Y
YY
2/
α−=
σ
+<µ≤
σ
− α−α− 1)
N
zm()
N
zm(obPr Y
2/1YY
Y
2/1Y
Y]Ym[E µ=
and:
Therefore, the following sampling distribution applies for the sample mean mY:
(1.11)
where Z has a standard normal distribution as defined by equation (1.3). According to the Central
Limit Theorem as N becomes large (N>10), the sampling distribution of the sample mean approaches
a normal distribution, regardless of the distribution of Y.
Confidence limits of the mean with known variance
Now we define the percentage points or quantiles zα/2 and z1-α/2, located symmetrically about the
mean (Z=0), which enclose the range of possible realisations of Z with probability 1-α:
So:
(1.12)
Given that a sample mY is available, then equation (1.12) can be used to indicate the range in which
the true mean µY is likely to lie with a probability of 100(1-α) percent (note that zα/2 = -z1-α/2):
(1.13)
Figure 1.4:
Confidence limits of mean with known
variance
N
Y
mY
σ
=σ
Z
N)m(m
YY
YY
m
YY =
σ
µ−
=
σ
µ−
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The confidence statement expressed by equation (1.13) reads that: ‘the true mean µY falls within
the indicated interval with a probability of 100(1-α) percent’. The quantity 100(1-α) is the
confidence level, the interval for µY is called the confidence interval enclosed by the lower
confidence limit (mY- z1-α/2 σY/√N) and the upper confidence limit (mY+ z1-α/2 σY/√N) (see Figure
1.4). The values for z1-α/2 are taken from tables of the standard normal distribution. E.g. if 100(1-α) =
95% then z1-α/2 = 1.96.
Note that in the above procedure it has been assumed that σY is known. Generally, this is not the
case and it has to be estimated by sY from the sample data:
(1.14)
Then, instead of the normal distribution the Student-t distribution has to be applied, which will be dealt
with after discussing the distribution of the variance for explanatory reasons.
1.4.2 SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION OF THE SAMPLE VARIANCE
The square of (1.14) gives an unbiased estimate of the variance of Y. If Y has a normal distribution
with mean µY and standard deviation σY then with (1.2) and (1.11) the sum term of (1.14) can be
partitioned as follows:
According to definition (1.6) the last sum is a Chi-square variable with n = N-1 degrees of freedom:
Hence, by inserting the above expression in the formula for the sample variance, i.e. the square of
(1.14), it follows:
(1.15)
Confidence limits of the variance
Similar to the procedure followed for the sampling distribution of the mean above, here the percentage
points points χ2
n,α/2 and χ2
n,1-α/2 are defined:
Hence, given an estimate of the sample variance computed by (1.14), from (1.15) and above
expression, it follows that the true variance σY
2
will be contained within the following confidence
interval with a probability of 100(1-α) %:
(1.16)
{ } α−=χ≤χ<χ α−α 1obPr 2
2/1,n
2
n
2
2/,n
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The values for χ2
n,α/2 and χ2
n,1-α/2 are read from the tables of the Chi-square distribution for given α and
n. The Chi-square values defining the confidence intervals at a 100(1-α) = 95 % confidence level are
presented in Table 1 as a function of the number of degrees of freedom n.
1.4.3 SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION OF THE SAMPLE MEAN WITH UNKNOWN VARIANCE
The sampling distribution of the sample mean was given by equation (1.11) under the assumption that
the variance of Y was known. This, however, is usually not the case. Then σY in (1.11) is estimated by
the sample standard deviation sY using equation (1.14). Then by combining (1.11) and (1.15)
according to (1.8) the following Student T variate is obtained:
Hence, the sampling distribution of the sample mean mY when σY is unknown is given by:
(1.17)
where Tn has a Student t distribution with n = N - 1 degrees of freedom.
Confidence limits of the mean with variance unknown
The percentage points tn,α/2 and tn,1-α/2 define the 100(1-α) % confidence range of Tn:
(1.18)
Note that tn,α/2 = - tn,1-α/2. Given that an estimate for the sample mean is available, then from (1.17)
and (1.18) it follows that the true mean will fall in the following interval at a 100(1-α) % confidence
level:
(1.19)
The values for the percentage point tn,1-α/2 can be obtained from statistical tables. For the confidence
level 100(1-α) = 95 % percentage point tn,1-α/2 is presented in Table 1.
1.5 EFFECT OF SERIAL CORRELATION ON CONFIDENCE INTERVALS
Effect of correlation on confidence interval of the mean
In the derivation of the confidence interval for the mean, equation (1.19), it has been assumed that the
sample series elements are independent. In case persistency is present in the data series, the series
size N has to be replaced with the effective number of data Neff. Since persistence carries over
information from one series element to another it reduces the information content of a sample series,
hence Neff<N. The value of Neff is a function of the correlation structure of the sample:
{ } α−=≤< α−α 1tTtobPr 2/1,nn2/,n
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8.23
8.91
9.59
5.02
7.38
9.35
11.14
12.83
14.45
16.01
17.53
19.02
20.48
21.92
23.34
24.74
26.12
27.49
28.85
30.19
31.53
32.85
34.17
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
40
60
100
120
2.080
2.074
2.069
2.064
2.060
2.056
2.052
2.048
2.045
2.042
2.021
2.000
1.984
1.980
10.28
10.98
11.69
12.40
13.12
13.84
14.57
15.31
16.05
16.79
23.43
40.48
74.2
91.6
35.48
36.78
38.08
39.36
40.65
41.92
43.19
44.46
45.72
46.98
59.34
83.30
129.6
152.2
Table 1 Percentage points for the Student and Chi-square distributions at 95% confidence
level for n = 1, 120 degrees of freedom
The latter approximation in (1.20) holds if the correlation function can be described by its first serial
correlation coefficient rYY(1) (which is true for a first order auto-regressive process).The condition
mentioned on the right hand side of (1.20) is a significance test on zero correlation. If rYY(1) exceeds
r* then persistence is apparent. The first serial correlation coefficient is estimated from (1.21):
(1.21)
The confidence interval to contain µY with 100(1-α)% probability is now defined by equation (1.19)
with N replaced by Neff and the number of degrees of freedom given by n = Neff –1.
Effect of correlation on confidence interval of the variance or standard deviation
Persistence in the data also affects the sampling distribution of the sample variance or standard
deviation. The effective number of data, however, is computed different from the way it is computed
for the mean. Again, if the correlation function is described by its lag one auto-correlation coefficient
the following approximation applies:
(1.22)
The 100(1-α)% confidence interval for σY
2
follows from equation (1.16) with n = Neff–1.
10. Reference Manual – Sampling Principles (SW) Volume 2
Sampling Principles January 2003 Page 2-1
2. GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING AND EXPRESSING THE
UNCERTAINTY OF NIST MEASUREMENT RESULTS
Reference to:
Taylor, B.N. and C.E. Kuyatt, 1994
Guidelines for Evaluating and Expressing the Uncertainty of NIST Measurement Results.
NIST Technical Note 1297, 1994 Edition, United States Department of Commerce Technology
Administration, National Institute of Standards and Technology