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Conditions for Z-Tests and T-Tests

Author: Katherine Williams
Terms to Know
t-test conditions

The data were collected in a random way, each observation must be independent of the others, and the sampling distribution must be normal or approximately normal

z-test conditions

The data were collected in a random way, each observation must be independent of the others, the sampling distribution must be normal or approximately normal, and the population standard deviation must be known