diffs = [] for i in range(n_replicas): sample = families.sample(frac=1.0, replace=True) male_sample_mean = sample[sample.gender == 'male'].childHeight.mean() female_sample_mean = sample[sample.gender == 'female'].childHeight.mean() diffs.append(male_sample_mean - female_sample_mean) diffs = pd.Series(diffs)