Student's t test en · NOUN
Etymology
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.
Meanings
- Any statistical hypothesis test in which the test statistic has a Student's t-distribution if the null hypothesis is true.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student's t-test | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Student's t tests | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
wikipedia: en:Ronald Fisher · wikipedia: en:William Sealy Gosset · wikipedia: en:Biometrika