JoinThe Prepared Practitioner: Central Limit Theorem
Statistics have been an important part of science since Gregor Mendel used pea plants to study heredity in the 19th century, if not before. Everyday life is filled with statistics—about sports, the stock market, weather, and so on. Understanding rudimentary statistics is an important component of scientific literacy. The Central Limit Theorem serves as the basis for almost all familiar statistical procedures.