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globalnode 5 days ago

The definition under "A Brief Recap" seems incorrect. The sample size doesn't approach infinity, the number of samples does. I'm in a similar situation to the author, I skipped stats, so I could be wrong. Overall great article though.

k2enemy 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

It is correct in the article. As the sample size approaches infinity, the distribution of the sample means approaches normal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_limit_theorem

globalnode 5 days ago | parent [-]

Not sure what you're stating but it seems to be made of straw.

jaccola 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes indeed, if the sample size approached infinity (and not the number of samples), you would essentially just be calculating the mean of the original distribution.