Student's t
Student's t is the ellipsis of Student's t test.
Student's t is the ellipsis of Student's t distribution.
Meaning of Student's t test
Noun
Student's t test (plural Student's t tests)
- Any statistical hypothesis test in which the test statistic has a Student's t-distribution if the null hypothesis is true.
- Synonyms:
- Student's t, t test
Meaning of Student's t distribution
Noun
Student's t distribution (plural Student's t distributions)
- A distribution that arises when the population standard deviation is unknown and has to be estimated from the data.
- A complete description of the Student's t distribution is beyond the aims of this book.2009, Francesco Sardanelli, Giovanni Di Leo, “Biostatistics for Radiologists: Planning, Performing, and Writing a Radiologic Study”, in [2008, Biostatistica in Radiologia], Springer, page 59
- Synonyms:
- Student's t, t distribution
Synonyms of Student's t
Forms of Student's t
| plural | Student's ts |
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Origin of Student's t
From Student, the nom-de-plume of Irish statistician William Sealy Gosset.
Questions about Student's t
- What is Student's t the ellipsis of?
- Student's t is the ellipsis of Student's t test.
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