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t-distribution

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-027699

1. The name given by Gosset (under his pseudonym "Student") to a distribution that arises in the study of small samples, and in various other ways as well [Brooks 2001].

2. A probability distribution that arises in the problem of estimating the mean of a normally distributed population when the sample size is small.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-027699
FieldEnvironment
SubjectHealth and safety
ReferencesThesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment; National Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-027699",
  "term": "t-distribution",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The name given by Gosset (under his pseudonym \"Student\") to a distribution that arises in the study of small samples, and in various other ways as well [Brooks 2001].\n\n2. A probability distribution that arises in the problem of estimating the mean of a normally distributed population when the sample size is small.",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "references": [
    "Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment",
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/t-distribution/"
}

Record 27,699 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.