Grinstead-Snell-Probability · Problem 9.3.12

Generating Functions

Mathematics · central-limit-theorem-continuous

Problem

Test your conclusions in Exercise 11 by computer simulation. First choose 364 numbers XiX_i with density f(x)=normal(x,0,1/4)f(x) = \text{normal}(x, 0, 1/4). Now form the sum Y365=100+X1+X2+⋯+X364Y_{365} = 100 + X_1 + X_2 + \cdots + X_{364}, and repeat this experiment 200 times. Make up a bar graph on [50,150][50, 150] of the results, superimposing the graph of the approximating normal density. What does this graph say about your answers in Exercise 11?

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