The Z distribution is just a special case of the normal distribution, with an idealized mean of 0 and

standard deviation of 1. This allows us to create a compact and useful table for all normal distributions -a very important property before the days of fancy calculators and computers.
The t distribution is similar to the Z distribution, but is sensitive to sample size and is used for
small samples, or moderate size samples when the population standard deviation is unknown. It is
little different from Z for large sample sizes.
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In probability and statistics, Student's t-distribution (or simply the t-distribution) is a probability
distribution that arises in the problem of estimating the mean of a normally distributed population
when the sample size is small. It is the basis of the popular Student's t-tests for the statistical
significance of the difference between two sample means, and for confidence intervals for the difference
between two population means. The Student's t-distribution is a special case of the generalised
hyperbolic distribution.

The standard normal distribution is a normal distribution with a mean of 0 and a standard
deviation of 1. Normal distributions can be transformed to standard normal distributions by the
formula:

Theoretically, you would use z if you knew that the underlying probability distribution was normal or if you
knew the population standard deviation.
From a practical standpoint, however, you virtually never know ANYthing about the underlying population
or parameters so we use a simple rule based on sample size. If the sample is small, n < 30, we use t and
if the sample is large, n 30, we use z.
We can do this becaue of the Central Limit Theorem which states that, if we take a large enough sample,
the distribution of the sampling means will be normal, regardless of the shape of the distribution of the
original population.

Normal distribution is when data is centered evenly over the mean despite the size of the sample.
Student's t is a probability distribution that arises in the problem of estimating the mean of a normally
distributed population when the sample size is small.
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hi,
t - distribution is used for small samples ( sample size <30)
normal distribution for large samples.

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Student's t is a probability distribution that arises in the problem of estimating the mean of a normally
distributed population when the sample size is small.

Theoretically, you would use z if you knew that the underlying probability distribution was normal or if you
knew the population standard deviation
From a practical standpoint, however, you virtually never know ANYthing about the underlying population
or parameters so we use a simple rule based on sample size. If the sample is small, n < 30, we use t and
if the sample is large, n 30, we use z.
We can do this becaue of the Central Limit Theorem which states that, if we take a large enough sample,
the distribution of the sampling means will be normal, regardless of the shape of the distribution of the
original population.

In probability and statistics, Student's t-distribution (or simply the t-distribution) is a probability
distribution that arises in the problem of estimating the mean of a normally distributed population
when the sample size is small.

The t distribution is similar to the Z distribution, but is sensitive to sample size and is used for
small samples, or moderate size samples when the population standard deviation is unknown. It is
little different from Z for large sample sizes.