t (Student) Distribution for the Probability Distribution Calculator
- Density Function
- The Student's
t distribution has the probability density function (for n = 1, 2, . . .):
f(x) = G[(n+1)/2] / G(n/2) * (n*p)-1/2 * [1 + (x2/n)-(n+1)/2
where
- Distribution Function
- The cumulative distribution function (the term was first introduced by Wilks, 1943) for the Student's t distribution depends on whether n is odd or even and is completely described in Evans, Hastings, and Peacock, 1993.
- t
- This field displays the current variate value for the Student's t distribution. When you edit this value (either manually or with the microscrolls), Statistica computes the associated p-value for the specified degrees of freedom.
- p
- This field displays the p-value computed from the specified variate value and degrees of freedom or you can enter a desired p-value (either manually or edit the existing value with the micro scrolls) and compute the critical value of the distribution for the specified degrees of freedom.
- df
- Specify here the shape parameter of the distribution, n. If this parameter is changed, then the p-value will be recomputed based on the respective variate value.
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