Simulation of the sampling distribution of the mean can mislead

Journal of Statistics Education

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 21-

  Watkins, Ann E ^a   Bargagliotti, Anna ^b   Franklin, Christine ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central limit theorem; Sampling variability; Simulated sampling distribution; Variance of means; Variance of variances

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914149305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10691898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10691898.2014.11889716     Document Type: Article

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