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| From | David Hoaglin <dchoaglin@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: Why many things have Normal distribution |
| Date | Thu, 29 Aug 2013 17:25:59 -0400 |
Yuval, What empirical evidence do you have for the statement that "for very large samples - if the distribution is not approximately normal - there is something wrong with the data"? In practice, the opposite is the rule: As the sample size becomes larger, the departure of the distribution from a normal distribution becomes more evident. David Hoaglin * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/