Population Mean vs. Sample Mean

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As the number of simulations increases, the sample means gradually form a sampling distribution. Moreover, the mean of this sampling distribution will approach the population mean. (Note: Here we refer to the sampling distribution with a fixed sample size)

This is the fundamental reason we can use the 'Sample Mean' to infer the 'Population Mean'!