t distribution

A form of Student's t distribution — A distribution that arises when the population standard deviation is unknown and has to be estimated from the data.

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Meanings

nount distribution (plural t distributions)

plural t distributions · alternative t-distribution

  1. abbreviationellipsismathematicsEllipsis of Student's t distribution.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
student's t distribution
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APA

t distribution. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/t%20distribution

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