Genc, Ali I.2019-08-012019-08-0120130233-1888https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02331888.2011.628021https://hdl.handle.net/11480/4397In this work, we generalize the BirnbaumSaunders distribution using the generalized t distribution alternatively to the normal distribution. The newly defined family is positively skewed and contains distributions with different kurtosis and skewness. We study its properties and special cases and demonstrate its use on some real data sets considering the maximum-likelihood estimation procedure.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessgeneralized t (GT) distributionBirnbaumSaunders distributiongeneralized BirnbaumSaunders distributionpositively skewed distributionkurtosis60E0562H10The generalized T Birnbaum-Saunders familyArticle47361362510.1080/02331888.2011.6280212-s2.0-84878558605Q3WOS:000319335000012Q1