Central Limit Theorem (CLT) for Sample Proportion
Suppose a simple random sample of size n is to be taken from a large population (more than ten times larger than the sampel size or a process) in which the true proportion (or probability) possessing the attribute of interest is . The sampling distribution of the sample proportion is approximately normal with mean equal to
and standard deviation equal to
[Note: This normal approximation becomes more and more accurate as the
sample size n increases and is generally considered to be valid as long as
n >10 and n(1-
) > 10.]