Student's t

British  

noun

1. a statistic often used to test the hypothesis that a random sample of normally distributed observations has a given mean, μ; given by t = ( ̄x– μ) √n/s where ̄x is the mean of the sample, s is its standard deviation, and n is the size of the sample

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Etymology

Origin of Student's t

after Student, the pen name of W. S. Gosset (1876–1937), English statistician and research scientist

Example Sentences

This conclusion comes directly from the derivation of the Student's t distribution by Mr. Gosset.

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In reality there are an infinite number of Student's t distributions, one for each adjustment to the sample size.

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To look up a probability in the Student's t table we have to know the degrees of freedom in the problem.

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The Student's t distribution thus is tied to the normal distribution, but has degrees of freedom that come from those of the Chi squared distribution.

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What the Student's t distribution does is spread out the horizontal axis so it takes a larger number of standard deviations to capture the same amount of probability.

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