The central limit theorem in statistics

Today we’re gonna push it to the limit! The central limit theorem that is. It’s a cornerstone in statistics and the short and dry version is that it lets us turn any distribution we have into a normal distribution. If it wasn’t for the central limit theorem statistics would hurt far worse than it does now (speaking as someone taking a stats class now). For the longer version we need to discuss why a normal distribution is needed, why we prefer to work with them!

March 2, 2021 | Categories: 365 Days of Academia - Year two, Math | Tags: academia, central limit theorem, daily blogging, Education, graduate school, Math, PhD, postaday, school, science, statistics, student | 1 Comment