Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Review - Review Exercises - Page 421: 2

Answer

If the population from which the sample was obtained is normally distributed, the sampling distribution of $x̄$ is normal, no matter the sample size. If the population from which the sample was obtained is not normally distributed, the sample size must be large ($n\ge30$).

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