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Mathematics

Sampling Distribution of the Mean

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The sampling distribution of the mean becomes approximately normal as sample size increases, regardless of the original data shape.

Why this is interesting

Imagine taking many samples from a population. What happens if you look at the average of each sample? It turns out, there's a pattern to these averages.