Simulating and Visualising the Central Limit Theorem
Simulating and Visualising the Central Limit TheoremAug 13, 2025Categories: Statistics R34 minutes readI completed a Computer Science degree at uni, and bundled a lot of maths subjects in as electives: partial differential equations, vector calculus, discrete maths, linear algebra. For some reason however I always avoided statistics subjects. Maybe there’s a story to be told about a young person finding uncertainty uncomfortable, because twenty years later I find statistics, particularly the Bayesian flavour, really interesting.One problem with a self-directed journey is that there’s foundational knowledge that has come to me in dribs and drabs, and one of the most foundational is the Central Limit Theorem (CLT). In this post I want to interrogate and explore the CLT using simulation…
