Statistics Interactive

Foundations

Central limit theorem

10 min
Learning goals
  • You can explain the central limit theorem in your own words.
  • You understand why the CLT is central to inferential statistics.
  • You know the relationship σₓ̄ = σ/√n between population and sampling distribution.
Draw samples one by one and watch the sampling distribution emerge
30
Population
μ1.000
σ1.000
Sampling distribution of x̄
μₓ̄ (theor.)1.000
σₓ̄ = σ/√n0.183

Population distribution

Last sample (n = 30)

Distribution of sample means x̄