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If it gains sufficient mass from a binary companion, a white dwarf can become a
Confidence
In statistics, it refers to the degree of certainty or probability that a calculated interval contains the true parameter value.
Normal Distribution
A bell-shaped frequency distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.
T Distribution
A type of probability distribution that is symmetric and bell-shaped, used in hypothesis testing for small sample sizes or unknown variances.
Degrees of Freedom
The number of independent values that can vary in an analysis without violating any constraints.
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