Under what conditions, if any, is it not correct to assume that the sampling distribution of the sample mean is approximately normally distributed? Explain your reasoning.
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Step 1: The central limit theorem states that for a sample size of 30 or greater, the sampling distribution of the sample mean will be approximately normally distributed. Show more…
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