Student's t

A form of Student's t test — Any statistical hypothesis test in which the test statistic has a Student's t-distribution if the null hypothesis is true.

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Meanings

nounStudent's t (plural Student's ts)

plural Student's ts

  1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Student's t test.

    Synonyms: t test

  2. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Student's t distribution.

    Synonyms: t distribution

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
student's t distributionstudent's t test

Origin

From Student, the nom-de-plume of Irish statistician William Sealy Gosset.

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APA

Student's t. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Student's%20t

MLA

“Student's t.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Student's%20t. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Student's t,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Student's%20t.

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