[Eeglablist] ICA Sample Size

[arno]

Dear Debebe,

Not really knowing how to answer your question, I asked Tony about this 
(Tony Bell, the creator of Infomax ICA). He said:

"His reasoning is flawed.

Briefly, ICA is estimating a whole host of
cross-node higher-order statistics in parallel.
Your friend should look up the sampling theory
for multivariate higher-order statistics, not
univariate 2nd order statistics. "

A. Debebe wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> The central limit theorem mentions: when n is
> sufficiently large, the smpling distribution of mean
> of the distribution is well approximated by a normal
> curve, even when the population distrbution is not
> itself normal. The central limit theorem can safely be
> applied if n exceeds 30.Refere, any elementary
> statistics book. This explains the magic number 30.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Debebe asefa, PhD
>