Sum of Uniform Distributions

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jdtoellner
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Sum of Uniform Distributions

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Can you explain why, when I add five uniform distributions, do I get what looks like a Normal distribution?
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Re: Sum of Uniform Distributions

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(I don't believe this is an issue. I just want to be able to explain the behavior.)
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Re: Sum of Uniform Distributions

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Thanks so much for the reply. I had a feeling the Central Limit Theorem was the answer, but I wasn't sure.
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