A P P E N D I X Tables 823

Table 5 Percentage points of the t distribution (td,u)a

Degrees of
freedom,
d

u
.75

.80

.85

.90

.95

.975

.99

.995

.9995

1
2
3
4
5

1.000
0.816
0.765
0.741
0.727

1.376
1.061
0.978
0.941
0.920

1.963
1.386
1.250
1.190
1.156

3.078
1.886
1.638
1.533
1.476

6.314
2.920
2.353
2.132
2.015

12.706
4.303
3.182
2.776
2.571

31.821
6.965
4.541
3.747
3.365

63.657
9.925
5.841
4.604
4.032

636.619
31.598
12.924
8.610
6.869

6
7
8
9
10

0.718
0.711
0.706
0.703
0.700

0.906
0.896
0.889
0.883
0.879

1.134
1.119
1.108
1.100
1.093

1.440
1.415
1.397
1.383
1.372

1.943
1.895
1.860
1.833
1.812

2.447
2.365
2.306
2.262
2.228

3.143
2.998
2.896
2.821
2.764

3.707
3.499
3.355
3.250
3.169

5.959
5.408
5.041
4.781
4.587

11
12
13
14
15

0.697
0.695
0.694
0.692
0.691

0.876
0.873
0.870
0.868
0.866

1.088
1.083
1.079
1.076
1.074

1.363
1.356
1.350
1.345
1.341

1.796
1.782
1.771
1.761
1.753

2.201
2.179
2.160
2.145
2.131

2.718
2.681
2.650
2.624
2.602

3.106
3.055
3.012
2.977
2.947

4.437
4.318
4.221
4.140
4.073

16
17
18
19
20

0.690
0.689
0.688
0.688
0.687

0.865
0.863
0.862
0.861
0.860

1.071
1.069
1.067
1.066
1.064

1.337
1.333
1.330
1.328
1.325

1.746
1.740
1.734
1.729
1.725

2.120
2.110
2.101
2.093
2.086

2.583
2.567
2.552
2.539
2.528

2.921
2.898
2.878
2.861
2.845

4.015
3.965
3.922
3.883
3.850

21
22
23
24
25

0.686
0.686
0.685
0.685
0.684

0.859
0.858
0.858
0.857
0.856

1.063
1.061
1.060
1.059
1.058

1.323
1.321
1.319
1.318
1.316

1.721
1.717
1.714
1.711
1.708

2.080
2.074
2.069
2.064
2.060

2.518
2.508
2.500
2.492
2.485

2.831
2.819
2.807
2.797
2.787

3.819
3.792
3.767
3.745
3.725

26
27
28
29
30

0.684
0.684
0.683
0.683
0.683

0.856
0.855
0.855
0.854
0.854

1.058
1.057
1.056
1.055
1.055

1.315
1.314
1.313
1.311
1.310

1.706
1.703
1.701
1.699
1.697

2.056
2.052
2.048
2.045
2.042

2.479
2.473
2.467
2.462
2.457

2.779
2.771
2.763
2.756
2.750

3.707
3.690
3.674
3.659
3.646

40
60
120

0.681
0.679
0.677
0.674

0.851
0.848
0.845
0.842

1.050
1.046
1.041
1.036

1.303
1.296
1.289
1.282

1.684
1.671
1.658
1.645

2.021
2.000
1.980
1.960

2.423
2.390
2.358
2.326

2.704
2.660
2.617
2.576

3.551
3.460
3.373
3.291

The uth percentile of a t distribution with d degrees of freedom.

Source: Table 5 is taken from Table III of Fisher and Yates: Statistical Tables for Biological, Agricultural and Medical Research,
published by Longman Group Ltd., London (previously published by Oliver and Boyd Ltd., Edinburgh). Reprinted by permission of
Pearson Education Ltd.

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