T distribution

In probability and statistics, Student's t-distribution is any member of a family of continuous probability distributions that arises when estimating the mean of a normally distributed population in situations where the sample size is small and the population standard deviation is unknown. df α = 0.1 0.05 0.025 0.01 0.005 0.001 0.0005 ∞ tα=1.282 1.645 1.960 2.326 2.576 3.091 3.291 1 3.078 6.314 12.706 31.821 63.656 318.289 636.578 2 1.886 2.920 4.303 6.965 9.925 22.328 31.600 3 1.638 2.353 3.182 4.541 5.841 10.214 12.924 4 1.533 2.132 2.776 3.747 4.604 7.173 8.610 5 1.476 2.015 2.571 3.365 4.032 5.894 6.869 6 1.440 1.943 2.447 3.143 3.707 5.208 5.959 7 1.415 1.895 2.365 2.998 3.499 4.785 5.408 8 1.397 1.860 2.306 2.896 3.355 4.501 5.041 9 1.383 1.833 2.262 2.821 3.250 4.297 4.781 10 1.372 1.812 2.228 2.764 3.169 4.144 4.587 11 1.363 1.796 2.201 2.718 3.106 4.025 4.437 12 1.356 1.782 2.179 2.681 3.055 3.930 4.318 13 1.350 1.771 2.160 2.650 3.012 3.852 4.221 14 1.345 1.761 2.145 2.624 2.977 3.787 4.140 15 1.341 1.753 2.131 2.602 2.947 3.733 4.073 16 1.337 1.746 2.120 2.583 2.921 3.686 4.015 17 1.333 1.740 2.110 2.567 2.898 3.646 3.965 18 1.330 1.734 2.101 2.552 2.878 3.610 3.922 19 1.328 1.729 2.093 2.539 2.861 3.579 3.883 20 1.325 1.725 2.086 2.528 2.845 3.552 3.850 21 1.323 1.721 2.080 2.518 2.831 3.527 3.819 22 1.321 1.717 2.074 2.508 2.819 3.505 3.792 23 1.319 1.714 2.069 2.500 2.807 3.485 3.768 24 1.318 1.711 2.064 2.492 2.797 3.467 3.745 25 1.316 1.708 2.060 2.485 2.787 3.450 3.725 26 1.315 1.706 2.056 2.479 2.779 3.435 3.707 27 1.314 1.703 2.052 2.473 2.771 3.421 3.689 28 1.313 1.701 2.048 2.467 2.763 3.408 3.674 29 1.311 1.699 2.045 2.462 2.756 3.396 3.660 30 1.310 1.697 2.042 2.457 2.750 3.385 3.646 60 1.296 1.671 2.000 2.390 2.660 3.232 3.460 120 1.289 1.658 1.980 2.358 2.617 3.160 3.373 ∞ 1.282 1.645 1.960 2.326 2.576 3.091 3.291