t distribution
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of t distribution
First recorded in 1955–60; see origin at Student's t distribution
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Distribution: Student’s t distribution with n – 1 degrees of freedom.
From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020
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
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
Mathematically, as the degrees of freedom increase, the t distribution approaches the standard normal distribution.
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
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