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---------- > From: Isaac Dialsingh <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: central Limit Theorem > Date: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 7:12 AM > > The central limit theorem is quoted quite differently in different books. I > will like to find out the exact 'wording' of the theorem. > > I think it is if X comes from an unknow distribution and the mean of X is > mu and the variance is sigma squared, then the clt says we can approximate > the distribution to that of X which has a normal with mean mu and variance > sigma squared. > > A corollary of this is the sample mean will be normally distributed. > > Some books quote the corollary as the theorem. > > Can you give me a book with a reference which will ckarify this and also > the proof of the CLT. > What sample size would you say would give you an approximate normal distribution (n>30?) > Isaac Dialsingh > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%