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for n, the number of degrees of freedom, equal to 1, 2, . . . , 30, 40, 60, 120, ∞; and for F (t) = 0.60, 0.75, 0.90, 0.95, 0.975, 0.99,
0.995, and 0.9995. The t-distribution is symmetrical, so that F (−t) = 1 − F (t)
� χ2
1
F (χ ) 2 = � � x(n−2)/2 e−x/2 dx
0 2n/2 � 2n
for
√ n, the
√number of degrees of freedom, equal to 1, 2, . . ., 30. For n > 30, a normal approximation is quite accurate. The expression
2x2 − 2n − 1 is approximately normally distributed as the standard normal distribution. Thus χα2 , the α-point of the distribution,
may be computed by the formula
1 √
χα2 = [xα + 2n − 1]2 ,
2
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