An Automated Demonstration of Various Sampling Distributions

populations used, while the latter are excessively time consuming and highly likely to have computational errors. The program described provides an effective sampling demonstration that can be used to illustrate, e.g., the central limit theorem or the effect of increased sample size on the standard error of the sample mean and/or variance. Program characteristics. The program and supplied data deck enable the user to specify: (a) which of five populations he will draw from; (b) the sample size he will use; (c) the number of samples desired; and (d) the length of output he wants: short or long. The