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What is the need of the t Distribution?
According to the central limit theorem, the sampling distribution of a statistic (like a sample
mean) will follow a normal distribution, as long as the sample size is sufficiently large.
Therefore, when we know the standard deviation of the population, we can compute a z-score,
and use the normal distribution to evaluate probabilities with the sample mean.
But sample sizes are sometimes small, and often we do not know the standard deviation of the
population. When either of these problems occur, statisticians rely on the distribution of the t
statistic (also known as the t score), whose values are given by:
t = [ x - ? ] / [ s / sqrt( n ) ]
where x is the sample mean, ? is the population mean, s is the standard deviation of the sample,
and n is the sample size. The distribution of the t statistic is called the t distribution or the
Student t distribution.
The t distribution allows us to conduct statistical analyses on certain data sets that are not
appropriate for analysis, using the normal distribution.
Degrees of Freedom
There are actually many different t distributions. The particular form of the t distribution is
determined by its degrees of freedom. The degrees of freedom refers to the number of
independent observations in a set of data.
When estimating a mean score or a proportion from a single sample, the number of independent
observations is equal to the sample size minus one. Hence, the distribution of the t statistic from
samples of size 8 would be described by a t distribution having 8 - 1 or 7 degrees of freedom.
Similarly, a t distribution having 15 degrees of freedom would be used with a sample of size 16.
Solution
What is the need of the t Distribution?
According to the central limit theorem, the sampling distribution of a statistic (like a sample
mean) will follow a normal distribution, as long as the sample size is sufficiently large.
Therefore, when we know the standard deviation of the population, we can compute a z-score,
and use the normal distribution to evaluate probabilities with the sample mean.
But sample sizes are sometimes small, and often we do not know the standard deviation of the
population. When either of these problems occur, statisticians rely on the distribution of the t
statistic (also known as the t score), whose values are given by:
t = [ x - ? ] / [ s / sqrt( n ) ]
where x is the sample mean, ? is the population mean, s is the standard deviation of the sample,
and n is the sample size. The distribution of the t statistic is called the t distribution or the
Student t distribution.
The t distribution allows us to conduct statistical analyses on certain data sets that are not
appropriate for analysis, using the normal distribution.
Degrees of Freedom
There are actually many different t distributions. The particular form of the t distribution is
determined by its degrees of freedom. The degrees of freedom refers to the number of
independent observations in a set of data.
When estimating a mean score or a proportion from a single sample, the number of independent
observations is equal to the sample size minus one. Hence, the distribution of the t statistic from
samples of size 8 would be described by a t distribution having 8 - 1 or 7 degrees of freedom.
Similarly, a t distribution having 15 degrees of freedom would be used with a sample of size 16.

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  • 1. What is the need of the t Distribution? According to the central limit theorem, the sampling distribution of a statistic (like a sample mean) will follow a normal distribution, as long as the sample size is sufficiently large. Therefore, when we know the standard deviation of the population, we can compute a z-score, and use the normal distribution to evaluate probabilities with the sample mean. But sample sizes are sometimes small, and often we do not know the standard deviation of the population. When either of these problems occur, statisticians rely on the distribution of the t statistic (also known as the t score), whose values are given by: t = [ x - ? ] / [ s / sqrt( n ) ] where x is the sample mean, ? is the population mean, s is the standard deviation of the sample, and n is the sample size. The distribution of the t statistic is called the t distribution or the Student t distribution. The t distribution allows us to conduct statistical analyses on certain data sets that are not appropriate for analysis, using the normal distribution. Degrees of Freedom There are actually many different t distributions. The particular form of the t distribution is determined by its degrees of freedom. The degrees of freedom refers to the number of independent observations in a set of data. When estimating a mean score or a proportion from a single sample, the number of independent observations is equal to the sample size minus one. Hence, the distribution of the t statistic from samples of size 8 would be described by a t distribution having 8 - 1 or 7 degrees of freedom. Similarly, a t distribution having 15 degrees of freedom would be used with a sample of size 16. Solution What is the need of the t Distribution? According to the central limit theorem, the sampling distribution of a statistic (like a sample mean) will follow a normal distribution, as long as the sample size is sufficiently large. Therefore, when we know the standard deviation of the population, we can compute a z-score, and use the normal distribution to evaluate probabilities with the sample mean. But sample sizes are sometimes small, and often we do not know the standard deviation of the population. When either of these problems occur, statisticians rely on the distribution of the t
  • 2. statistic (also known as the t score), whose values are given by: t = [ x - ? ] / [ s / sqrt( n ) ] where x is the sample mean, ? is the population mean, s is the standard deviation of the sample, and n is the sample size. The distribution of the t statistic is called the t distribution or the Student t distribution. The t distribution allows us to conduct statistical analyses on certain data sets that are not appropriate for analysis, using the normal distribution. Degrees of Freedom There are actually many different t distributions. The particular form of the t distribution is determined by its degrees of freedom. The degrees of freedom refers to the number of independent observations in a set of data. When estimating a mean score or a proportion from a single sample, the number of independent observations is equal to the sample size minus one. Hence, the distribution of the t statistic from samples of size 8 would be described by a t distribution having 8 - 1 or 7 degrees of freedom. Similarly, a t distribution having 15 degrees of freedom would be used with a sample of size 16.