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In a sample of 31 kids, their mean time on the internet on the phone was 36.5 hours with a sample standard deviation of 8.3 hours. Which distribution would be most appropriate to use, when we assume these times are normally distributed

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Normal distribution

Step-by-step explanation:

Central Limit Theorem

The Central Limit Theorem estabilishes that, for a normally distributed random variable X, with mean [tex]\mu[/tex] and standard deviation [tex]\sigma[/tex], the sampling distribution of the sample means with size n can be approximated to a normal distribution with mean [tex]\mu[/tex] and standard deviation [tex]s = \frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}[/tex].

For a skewed variable, the Central Limit Theorem can also be applied, as long as n is at least 30.

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Sample of 31 kids, of a normally distributed variable. So, by the Central Limit Theorem, the most appropriated distribution to use is the normal distribution.

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