Probability

Central limit theorem

Take a sample, average it, and repeat. Whatever the shape of the source data, the averages pile up into a bell curve as the sample size grows.

Each bar counts how many sample means landed in that range. The purple line is the normal curve the theorem predicts; the dashed line marks the true mean.

Samples drawn
Mean of means
Expected mean
Spread of means
Expected spread (σ/√n)

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