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Central Limit Theorem: A sampling distribution of the mean is approximately normally distributed if the sample size is sufficiently large. This is true no matter what the population distribution is.

The central limit theorem (CLT) establishes that (under certain conditions) the properly normalized sum of independent random variables tends toward a normal distribution even if the original ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A measure of 2 x 2 association, Z, is developed having the property that n(Z - Z) has approximately a standard normal distribution, even for ...

This paper presents the results of a limited investigation which brings into focus the difficulties encountered in developing exact distribution-free methods for stratified simple random sampling. It ...