an employee of Guiness invented it in 1908 to make better beer
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The t-test was developed by W. S. Gossett, a statistician employed at the Guiness brewery. However, because the brewery did not allow employees to publish their research, Gossett's work on the t-test appears under the name "Student" (and the t-test is sometimes referred to as "Student's t-test.") Gossett was a chemist and was responsible for developing procedures for ensuring the similarity of batches of Guiness. The t-test was developed as a way of measuring how closely the yeast content of a particular batch of beer corresponded to the brewery's standard.
:beer:The t-test was developed by W. S. Gossett, a statistician employed at the Guiness brewery. However, because the brewery did not allow employees to publish their research, Gossett's work on the t-test appears under the name "Student" (and the t-test is sometimes referred to as "Student's t-test.") Gossett was a chemist and was responsible for developing procedures for ensuring the similarity of batches of Guiness. The t-test was developed as a way of measuring how closely the yeast content of a particular batch of beer corresponded to the brewery's standard.
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