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Explaining the Central Limit Theorem

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You are discussing experiment results with a product manager who is comfortable with metrics but less familiar with statistical theory. They want an intuitive explanation for why sample averages often look normally distributed even when the raw data does not.

Question

Explain the Central Limit Theorem to a product manager.