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Analyze User Comment Distribution and Sampling Effects

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Evaluates statistical reasoning about right-skewed user comment counts and sampling distributions. Strong answers place median, mean, and p95 correctly, then use the Central Limit Theorem to explain why group averages become less variable and more symmetric.

Scenario

Analyzing distribution of user comment counts and the effect of sampling.

Question

Sketch the distribution of individual users’ daily comment counts when it is right-skewed and mark mean, median, and 95th percentile positions. After randomly sampling many user groups and computing each group’s average comments, describe the resulting distribution and how the mean, median, and 95th percentile change.

Hints

Invoke Central Limit Theorem; sample means trend toward normal, mean stays constant, higher percentiles shrink, median approaches mean.