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t is the distribution of the t-statistic that results from a t-test. Use this tag only for questions about the distribution; use [t-test] for questions about the test.

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Why is a T distribution used for hypothesis testing a linear regression coefficient?

To understand why we use the t-distribution, you need to know what is the underlying distribution of $\widehat{\beta}$ and of the Residual sum of squares ($RSS$) as these two put together will give yo …
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