This won't help teach R, but it might illuminate the CLT. Here are a series of animated GIFs that begin with different densities, including one that has a "U" shape, and plots the density of Xbar for n=2,3,4,8,16,32.
http://www.StatisticalEngineering.com/central_limit_theorem.htm I've also included an explanation of what is happening at each iteration. Charles Annis, P.E. [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 561-352-9699 eFax: 614-455-3265 http://www.StatisticalEngineering.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Smith Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 1:07 PM To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: [R] Using R to illustrate the Central Limit Theorem Dear All I am totally new to R and I would like to know whether R is able and appropriate to illustrate to my students the Central Limit Theorem, using for instance 100 independent variables with uniform distribution and showing that their sum is a variable with an approximated normal distribution. Thanks in advance, Paul ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html