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Niles
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Hi
In http://sl-proj-bi-specification.web.cern.ch/sl-proj-bi-specification/Activities/Glossary/techglos.pdf it says that: ... if the sources of uncertainties are numerous, the Gaussian distribution is generally a good approximation.
I don't quite understand why. The Central Limit Theorem (CLT) only says that if we have a sum S of N random variables, then S will be Gaussian for very large N. So the CLT does not explain the above. In that case, where does the statement come from?Niles.
In http://sl-proj-bi-specification.web.cern.ch/sl-proj-bi-specification/Activities/Glossary/techglos.pdf it says that: ... if the sources of uncertainties are numerous, the Gaussian distribution is generally a good approximation.
I don't quite understand why. The Central Limit Theorem (CLT) only says that if we have a sum S of N random variables, then S will be Gaussian for very large N. So the CLT does not explain the above. In that case, where does the statement come from?Niles.