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Student's t

British

noun

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

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The Student's t distribution has one of the most desirable properties of the normal: it is symmetrical.

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As the sample size increases, the Student's t distribution become more and more like the normal distribution.

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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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In this case this is the Student’s t because we do not know the population standard deviation and the sample is small, less than 30.

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