# What is wrong with these statements? [closed]

Explain what is wrong in each of the following statements.

(a) For large sample size n, the distribution of observed values will be approximately Normal.

(b) The 68-95-99.7 rule says that $\bar x$ should be within µ ± 2σ about 95% of the time.

(c) The central limit theorem states that for large n, µ is approximately Normal.

• Is it your homework? What is your thought? Mar 1, 2016 at 4:24
• It might help to look up the central limit theorem and see what it (at least the "classic" CLT) actually says Mar 1, 2016 at 8:00

(b) According to the 68-95-99.7 rule, the sample average should be within $\mu\pm2\frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}$ about 95% of the time. Note that as $n$, the number of samples, goes up, the sample average is contained in a closer and closer ball to the theoretical average.
(c) The sample average of $n$ values will be approximately normally distributed. The sample average, or observed average, is often called $\hat{\mu}$. However, if you knew the actual distribution, then $\mu$, the theoretical average or expectation of the distribution, is a fixed, non-random number that is a property of the distribution.
• Please see the advice on answering this kind of question in the self-study tag wiki. Mar 1, 2016 at 7:59