Describe the abstract idea of a sampling distribution and how it reflects the sample to sample variability of a sample statistic or point estimate. Identify the ...

Describe the abstract idea of a sampling distribution and how it reflects the sample to sample variability of a sample statistic or point estimate. Identify the ...

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.

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