Behaviour of sample means: Flexible distribution

Sometimes you meet situations which do not match any of the 'standard' distributions. This simulation allows you to 'make up' a distribution and see what happens, or see if you can shape the distribution to control what happens to the mean.

run simulation worksheet

 

 

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