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Background Modules for ChE473K Process Design and Operations at the University of Texas at Austin Gerald G. McGlamery, Jr., Ph.D., P.E. |
The Central Limit Theorem The central limit theorem is one of the most important concepts in statistics and is a strong driver of the results one sees in stochastic modeling. It states
A corollary of the central limit theorem can be stated as
Note that the central limit theorem contains no assumption about the distribution that is sampled. It can be normal, log-normal, or something else. The Central Limit Theorem is illustrated below: |
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