Recall that a normal distribution should be able to spread approximately three standard deviations from the mean value and that the mean and variance of a Poisson distribution are equal. What minimum value should ? * λ take on to ensure that the sampling distribution for the sample mean from a Poisson(λ) distribution will be approximately normal?
Recall that a normal distribution should be able to spread approximately three standard deviations from the mean value and that the mean and variance of a Poisson distribution are equal. What minimum value should ? * λ take on to ensure that the sampling distribution for the sample mean from a Poisson(λ) distribution will be approximately normal?
Calculus For The Life Sciences
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Chapter13: Probability And Calculus
Section13.3: Special Probability Density Functions
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normal distribution should be able to spread approximately three standard deviations from themean value and that the mean and variance of a Poisson distribution are equal. What minimum value should ? * λ take on to ensure that the sampling distribution for the sample mean from a Poisson(λ) distribution will be approximately normal?
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