Use correct statistical terminology #2
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FrankPortman
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Jun 1, 2017
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| "Before we continue with our story, let's review some stats.\n", | ||
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| "You may recall from school that there's a handy thing called the [Central Limit Theorem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_limit_theorem). The CLT basically says this: The average of a large enough sample will be pretty close to the \"real\" average, give or take some error.\n", | ||
| "You may recall from school that there's a handy thing called the [Law of large numbers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_large_numbers). The LLN basically says this: The average of a large enough sample will be pretty close to the \"real\" average, give or take some error.\n", | ||
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| "This is pretty handy for measuring a lot of things—it means that even a relatively small sample can give us a pretty good measure of the population average.\n", |
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I'd like to see this statement quantified. I don't think the LLN makes guarantees about sample sizes out of the box, but is a general statement on expectations.
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