student's t-distribution

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:organization
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs t-distribution
gptkbp:category continuous probability distribution
gptkbp:convergesTo normal distribution as degrees of freedom increase
gptkbp:hasCumulativeDistributionFunction expressed in terms of the incomplete beta function
gptkbp:hasMean 0
gptkbp:hasSpecialCase gptkb:Pearson_type_VII_distribution
gptkbp:hasVariance n/(n-2) for n>2
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label student's t-distribution
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:William_Sealy_Gosset
gptkbp:introducedIn 1908
gptkbp:kurtosis greater than normal distribution for small degrees of freedom
gptkbp:mode 0
gptkbp:namedAfter Student (pseudonym of William Sealy Gosset)
gptkbp:parameter degrees of freedom
gptkbp:pdf f(x) = Γ((ν+1)/2) / (√(νπ) Γ(ν/2)) (1 + x²/ν)^(-(ν+1)/2)
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Biometrika
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:F-distribution
gptkb:normal_distribution
gptkb:chi-squared_distribution
gptkbp:skewness 0
gptkbp:supports all real numbers
gptkbp:symmetry true
gptkbp:used_in population standard deviation is unknown
sample size is small
gptkbp:usedFor hypothesis testing
estimating population parameters
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:t-test
statistics
confidence intervals
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:chi-squared_distribution
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6