The Central Limit Theorem

AP Statistics· difficulty 2/5

A statistics teacher is reviewing the conditions under which the sampling distribution of the sample mean is approximately normal.

Central Limit Theorem Skewed pop. x̄ ~ Normal

According to the Central Limit Theorem, the sampling distribution of x̄ is approximately normal when which condition holds?

  • A

    The sample size n is sufficiently large (n ≥ 30 is a common rule).

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  • B

    The population is uniform.

  • C

    The population standard deviation is known.

  • D

    The sample mean equals the population mean.

Explanation

The CLT states that for sufficiently large n, the sampling distribution of x̄ is approximately normal regardless of the population shape.

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