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Student's t test

Student's t test noun: any statistical hypothesis test in which the test statistic has a Student's t-distribution if the null hypothesis is true.

Noun

Student's t test (plural Student's t tests)

  1. 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

Synonyms of Student's t test

Forms of Student's t test

pluralStudent's t tests
alternative formStudent's t-test

Origin of Student's t test

From Student, the pen-name of William Sealy Gosset, Irish statistician, who documented this test in a paper in Biometrika. Through the popularization of this test in the work of Ronald Fisher, who referred to it as a test for value "t" to check for Student's distribution.

Questions about Student's t test

What does Student's t test mean?
Student's t test means any statistical hypothesis test in which the test statistic has a Student's t-distribution if the null hypothesis is true.
What part of speech is Student's t test?
Student's t test is a noun.
What is the plural of Student's t test?
The plural of Student's t test is Student's t tests.

Words near Student's t test in the dictionary

  1. Student's
  2. student's elbow
  3. Student's t
  4. Student's t distribution
  5. Student's t distributions
  6. Student's t test
  7. Student's t tests
  8. Student's t-test
  9. Student's t-tests
  10. Student's ts
  11. student-athlete

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