The argument for the normal theory of error, presented in Section 4.23 of the text, was based

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The argument for the normal theory of error, presented in Section 4.23 of the text, was based on the normal approximation to the binomial, assuming the action of a vast number of “influences” that might affect any given nu¬

merical observation. However, can one make a rationale for the normal distribution of error, once again imagining the number of influences to be very large, but without depending directly on the binomial assumption?

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Statistics Probability Inference And Decision

ISBN: 9780030778056

1st Edition

Authors: Robert L. Winkler, William L. Hays

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