Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Table of Contents - 1935 - Volume 31, Issue 02  

Research Article

The Effect of Non-Normality on the t Distribution

M. S. Bartletta1

a1 Queens' College

Some theoretical results on the effect of non-normality on the t test of significance, though it is stressed that they are incomplete and not perhaps of much quantitative value, nevertheless tend to agree with the result of sampling investigations in showing that for moderate departures from normality this test may still be used with confidence, particularly for testing differences in means of equal numbers of observations.

(Received February 08 1935)

(Accepted March 11 1935)