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Statistical Applets: The Law of Large Numbers

Observe a random variable X very many times. In the long run, the proportion of outcomes taking any value gets close to the probability of that value. The Law of Large Numbers says that the average of the observed values gets close to the mean μX of X.

In this applet, we represent a random variable ...

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Date Added to MERLOT:
November 22, 2019
Date Modified in MERLOT:
September 30, 2025
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Teresa Pantaleon
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College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division
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