Which of the Following Is Not True About the Student's

question 137

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not true about the Student's t distribution?

• A) It has more area in the tails and less in the center than does the normal distribution.
• B) It is used to construct confidence intervals for the population mean when the population standard deviation is known.
• C) It is bell shaped and symmetrical.
• D) As the number of degrees of freedom increases, the t distribution approaches the normal distribution.

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