Student's t

noun

1. a statistic often used to test the hypothesis that a random sample of normally distributed observations has a given mean, μ; given by t = ( ̄x– μ) √n/s where ̄x is the mean of the sample, s is its standard deviation, and n is the size of the sample

Word History and Origins

Origin of Student's t¹

after Student, the pen name of W. S. Gosset (1876–1937), English statistician and research scientist