Degrees of freedom: For a one-sample t-procedure: df = n minus 1. Degrees of freedom determine the shape of the t-distribution.
How to apply it: More degrees of freedom means the t-distribution is closer to normal and critical values are smaller.
Course: AP Statistics · Unit: Inference for Quantitative Data: Means
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