t distribution
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of t distribution
First recorded in 1955–60; see origin at Student's t distribution
Example Sentences
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As the number surveyed increases, the area to the left of –1 for the Student’s t distribution approaches the area for the standard normal distribution.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 27, 2020
Mathematically, as the degrees of freedom increase, the t distribution approaches the standard normal distribution.
From Textbooks ● Nov. 29, 2017
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.
From Textbooks ● Nov. 29, 2017
He therefore created the Student's t distribution as a ratio of the normal distribution and Chi squared distribution.
From Textbooks ● Nov. 29, 2017
The test statistic is written as a student's t distribution, but if the sample size is larger enough so that the degrees of freedom are greater than 30 we may again use the normal distribution.
From Textbooks ● Nov. 29, 2017
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