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Table of Contents  Univariate Data Sampling Distributions t Distribution |
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| See also: distribution calculator, chi-square distribution, F-distribution, sampling distributions |   |
W.S. Gosset demonstrated in 1908 that the ratio t between the difference of the sample mean and the population mean, and the standard error of the mean, is not normally distributed if the population parameters are unknown:
This ratio follows a special distribution, called t-distribution. The t-distribution is broader than the normal distribution for small sample numbers, and approaches the normal distribution for large sample sizes. Below the t-distribution is given for 1, 3, and 10 degrees of freedom.
Last Update: 2005-Jul-16