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Can normal distridution apply on discrete data?

Updated: 8/17/2019
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Yes, If you have a large data set, you can approximate the discrete data by Normal distribution (which is continuous). An example would be,

"A coin is tossed 1000 times. What is the probability of rolling between 300 and 400 heads?" This problem, usually solved by Binomial distribution (which is a discrete distribution), is very difficult to solve because of the large data set and can be approximated by the Normal distribution.

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