ALL meanings of central limit theorem
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C c - noun central limit theorem any of several theorems stating that the sum of a number of random variables obeying certain conditions will assume a normal distribution as the number of variables becomes large. 2
- noun central limit theorem the fundamental result that the sum (or mean) of independent identically distributed random variables with finite variance approaches a normally distributed random variable as their number increases, whence in particular if enough samples are repeatedly drawn from any population, the sum of the sample values can be thought of, approximately, as an outcome from a normally distributed random variable 2
- noun central limit theorem (Countable Noun) (mathematics) Any of various similar theorems. 1
- noun central limit theorem (statistics and mathematics, singular only) The theorem that states that if the sum of independent identically distributed random variables has a finite variance, then it will be approximately normally distributed. -1