A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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a) For a sample of 15 iid normal observations with sample
(b) Consider a sample of n iid observations that follow a Poisson distribution with unknown parameter lambda. For large n, what is the distribution of
(Xn − lambda)/(lambda/n)^(1/2)?
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