Chapter 8 - Sampling methods and the central limit theorem. When you have completed this chapter, you will be able to: Explain why a sample is the only feasible way to learn about a population, describe methods to select a sample, define and construct a sampling distribution of the sample mean, explain the central limit theorem, use the central limit theorem to find probabilities of selecting possible sample means from a specified population. | Lecture Statistical techniques in business and economics (14/e): Chapter 8 - Lind, Marchal, Wathen