a: t-distribution ~
b: standard normal distribution

What:

"Since the t-distribution is like the standard normal distribution but with a higher variance (smaller peak and fatter tails), this would seem to suggest that the sample standard deviation s systematically underestimates the population standard deviation, making it in fact a biased estimator."


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Date: Jun 2 2018 10:59 AM


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