"z-test" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: z-tests [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=z-test}} z-test (plural z-tests)
  1. (statistics) Any statistical test for which the distribution of the test statistic under the null hypothesis can be approximated by a normal distribution. Categories (topical): Statistics
    Sense id: en-z-test-en-noun-KZGP-d6Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
  2. (computer graphics) A comparison to determine which object should be at the front of the z-buffer. Categories (topical): Computer graphics

Inflected forms

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