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Describe the abstract idea of a sampling distribution and how it reflects the sample to sample variability of a sample statistic or point estimate. Identify the ...
The Annals of Applied Probability, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Nov., 1999), pp. 1202-1225 (24 pages) This paper analyzes the performance of importance sampling distributions for computing expectations with respect ...
Central Limit Theorem: A sampling distribution of the mean is approximately normally distributed if the sample size is sufficiently large. This is true no matter what the population distribution is.
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Describe the abstract idea of a sampling distribution and how it reflects the sample to sample variability of a sample statistic or point estimate. Identify the ...