studentization

noun — 3 senses

studentization

noun

Etymology From student + -ization.

Synonym of studentification.

studentization

noun

Etymology From student (“pseuodnym of William Sealy Gossett”) + -ization.

Mathematics, Sciences, Statistics The use of Student's t-test.

Mathematics, Sciences, Statistics The determination or use of a sampling distribution that is independent of nuisance parameters of the population distribution, which are not directly relevant to the estimates or tests of significance of primary interest.

Related terms: studentized

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