The t table or t distribution table is used in statistics when the standard deviation (σ) of a population is not known and the sample size is small, that is, n<30.
The t table is a table that shows the critical values of the t distribution and is given below:
Using the t table is fairly simple during a t-test since you only need to know three values:
In the t-table, the first column denotes the degrees of freedom of the t-test. So, when you conduct a t-test, you can compare the test statistic from the t-test to the critical value from the t table or t distribution table.
If the test statistic is greater than the critical value found in the table, then you can reject the null hypothesis of the t-test and conclude that the results of the test are statistically significant.
You can learn more about how to use the t table to solve statistics problems in this article by Dummies.
The t-distribution or student's t-distribution is a type of normal distribution that is used for smaller sample sizes where there are more observations towards the mean and fewer observations in the tails.
This means the t-distribution forms a bell curve when plotted on a graph. It is used to find the corresponding p-value from a statistical test that uses the t-distribution such as t-tests and regression analysis.
Both t table and z table are used when the population standard deviation is unknown. However, if the sample size is less than 30 then the t table should be used and if not, the z table should be used.
The z table is given below:
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