The statistical principle that guarantees a near-normal sampling distribution of the sample mean no matter what the shape of the parent population distribution is:
A)law of large numbers
B)central limit theorem
C)normal principle
D)sampling theory
E)probability

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The central limit theorem states that the sampling distribution of the sample mean will approach a normal distribution as the sample size becomes larger, regardless of the shape of the population distribution.

The Statistical Principle That Guarantees a Near-Normal Sampling Distribution of the Sample