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Re: st: what's the big T in the t-test results


From   "Airey, David C" <[email protected]>
To   "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject   Re: st: what's the big T in the t-test results
Date   Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:34:49 -0500

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Ah, like N is used for the normal, and so T for the t-distribution. That makes sense.

So "Pr(T > t)" is shorthand for "the area of T to the right of t". That will work, thanks much.

-Dave

> Nick: T is the random variable of which t is the sample realisation. 
> 
> Antoine: I'd say T is the random variable with a Student distribution under the null, and t is the observed value of the test statistic.

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