When in doubt (in teaching and in research) do a simulation on the computer.

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 2026-01-04

Summary:

The other day I taught my class and it didn’t go so well. Some students had a question about the central limit theorem–the point is that a sum of many small independent terms will be approximately normally distributed, but that … Continue reading

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https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/01/04/when-in-doubt-in-teaching-and-in-research-do-a-simulation-on-the-computer/

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computing

Authors:

Andrew

Date tagged:

01/04/2026, 15:48

Date published:

01/04/2026, 09:38