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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.

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The extent to which products meet specifications needs to be systematically monitored in a production process. Product quality will typically be defined by two quantities: deviations from stated ...

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While Excel is useful for many applications, it is an indispensable tool for those managing statistics. Two common terms used in statistics are Standard Deviation and ...

The normal distribution (also known as the Gaussian distribution) is arguably the most important distribution in Statistics. It is often used to represent continuous random variables occurring in ...