Definition:Student's t-Test/Also known as

Student's $t$-Test: Also known as

Student's $t$-test is also known just as the $t$-test.

However, there are other tests with similar names, for example Hotelling's $T$-test, so $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$ prefers to retain the distinction.

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Student's $t$-test
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $t$-test (W.S. Gosset, 1908)
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Student's $t$-test
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $t$-test (W.S. Gosset, 1908)