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central limit theorem  

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  • The central limit theorem states that, under conditions of repeated sampling from a population, the sample means of random measurements tend to possess an approximately normal distribution. This is true for population distributions that are normal and decidedly not normal. [Source: Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics; Central Limit Theorem]

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