The Student's T Distribution Is a Sampling Distribution for a Random

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The Student's t distribution is a sampling distribution for a random variable, t, derived from a normally distributed population, that is (1) single-peaked above the random variable's mean, median, and mode of 0; (2) perfectly symmetrical about this central value; and (3) characterized by tails extending indefinitely in both directions from the centre, approaching, but never touching, the horizontal axis.

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