Statistical Calculations
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Inverse of Student’s t Probability Lower Tail
If you know the lower tail probability, P, and you want to calculate
t
, enter the degrees of
freedom (df
1
), followed by
Æ
, then P. Press
]oI
to calculate
t
.
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Example
A hypothesis test requires a critical
t
-value from the Student’s T distribution with 26 degrees
of freedom. Find the
t
-value for a lower tail probability of .05.
Table 12-22 Example calculating the
t
-value (lower tail)
Keys
Display
Description
GS]oI7:V4
-1.705618
Enter degrees of freedom
and the probability, and
calculates the lower tail
t- value.
or, using
Æ
:
GSÆ7:V]oI
Returns the same results.
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