| Distribution of Sample Means |
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| q | One example of how the normal distribution can be used |
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| for data that are “non-normally” distributed is to
determine |
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| the distribution of sample means. |
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| q | Is the sample mean close to the population mean? |
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| q | To answer this question, we need to know the probability |
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| distribution of the sample mean. |
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| q | We can obtain the distribution by repeatedly drawing |
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| samples from a population and find out the frequency |
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| distribution. |
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