Statistical Table
Statistical Table
p = probability of successin a single tial; n: number of trials. The table gives the probability of obtaining r or more
successesin n independenttrials. That is
E(,)o'o-P)'-'
Whenthere is no entry for a particular pair of valuesof r ffid p, this indicatesthat tlre appropriateprobability is less
than 0.00005. Similarly,exceptfor the casei'= 0, whenthe entry is exact,a tabulatedvalue of [Link] represents a
probabilitygreaterthan 0.99995.
n: LO O r:0 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
I .6340 .8674 .9524 .9831 .994r .9979 .9993 .9998 .9999
2 .2642 .5967 .8054 .9128 .9629 .9848 .9940 .9977 .9991
J .0794 .3233 .5802 .7679 .8817 .9434 .9'742 .9887 .99s2
4 .0184 .1410 .3528 .5705 .7422 .8570 .9256 .9633 .9827
5 .0034 .0508 .1821 .371r .5640 .',t232 .8368 .9097 .9526
6 .0005 .0155 .0808 .2t16 .3840 .s593 .7086 .8201 .8955
7 .0001 .0041 .0312 .t064 .2340 .3936 .5557 .6968 .8060
8 .0009 .0106 .0475 .1280 .2sr7 .4012 .s529 .6872
9 .0002 .0032 .0190 .0631 .1463 .2660 .4074 .5506
10 .0009 .0068 .0282 .0',175 .1620 .2780 .4125
11 .0002 .0022 .0115 .0376 .0908 .1757 .2882
12 .0007 .0043 .0168 .0469 .1028 .1876
13 .0002 .0015 .0069 .0224 .0559 .1138
t4 .0005 .0026 .0099 .0282 .064s
15 .0001 .0009 .0041 .0133
". .0341
T6 .0003 .0016 .0058 .0169
t7 .0001 .0006 .0024 .0078
18 .0002 .0009 .0034
19 .0001 .0003 .0014
20 .0001 .0005
2l .0002
22 .0001
n=2 r:0 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
I .1900 .2775 .3600 .4375 .5100 .5775 .6400 .6975 .7500
2 .0100 .0225 .0400 .0625 .0900 .t225 .1600 .2025 .2500
n=5 r :0 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
I .4095 .5563 .6723 ."162',7 .8319 .8840 .9222 .949',7 .9688
2 .0815 .1648 .2627 .3612 .4',1r8 .5',1r6 .6630 .7438 .8125
J .0086 .0266 .0519 .1035 .1631 .2352 .3t74 .4069 .5000
4 .0005 .0022 .0067 .0156 .0308 .0540 .0870 .1312 .1875
5 .0001 .0003 .0010 .0024 .0053 .0102 .0185 .0313
n: T0 r :0 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
I .6513 .8031 .8926 .9437 .97t8 .9865 .9940 .9975 .9990
2 .2639 .4s57 .6242 1560 .8507 .9140 .9536 .9767 .9893
J .0702 .1798 .3222 .4744 .6t',12 .7384 .8327 .9004 .94s3
4 .0128 .0s00 .t209 .2241 .3504 .4862 .6t77 .7430 .8281
5 .0016 .0099 .0328 .0781 .1503 .2485 .3669 .4956 .6230
6 .0001 .0014 .0064 .0197 .0473 .0949 .1662 .2616 .3770
7 .0001 .0009 .0035 .0106 .0260 .0548 .1020 .t719
8 .0001 .0004 .0016 .0048 .0123 .0274 .0547
9 .0001 .000s .0017 .0045 .0107
l0 .0001 .0003 .0010
n:20 r :0 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
1 .8784 .96t2 .9885 .9968 .9992 .9998 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
2 .6083 .8244 .9308 .9757 .9924 .9979 .9995 .9999 1.0000
-l .3231 .5951 .'7939 .9087 .9645 .9879 .9964 .9991 .9998
4 .1330 .3523 .5886 .7748 .8929 .9556 .9840 .9951 .9987
5 .0432 .I't02 .3704 .5852 .7625 .8818 .9490 .9811 .9947
6 .0113 .0673 .1958 .3828 .5836 3546 .8744 .9447 .9793
7 .0024 .0219 .0867 .2142 .3920 .5834 .7500 .8701 .9423
8 .0004 .0059 .0321 .1018 .22'17 .3990 .5841 .7480 .8684
9 .0001 .0013 .0100 .0409 .1133 .2376 .4044 .5857 .7483
10 .0002 .0026 .0139 .0480 .1218 .244',7 .4086 .5881
1l .0006 .0039 .0171 .0532 .r27s .2493 .4tt9
t2 .0001 .0009 .0051 .0196 .0565 .1308 .2517
13 .0002 .0013 .0060 .0210 .0s80 .1316
t4 .0003 .0015 .0065 .0214 .0577
15 .0003 .0016 .0064 .0207
16 .0003 .0015 .0059
l7 .0003 .0013
l8 .0002
Table I CumulativeBinomialProbabilites- continued
n=50 r =o 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
I .9948 .9997 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
2 .9662 .9971 .9998 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
3 .8883 .9858 .9987 .9999 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
4 .7497 .9544 .9943 .9995 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
5 .5688 .8879 .9815 .9979 .9998 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
6 .3839 .7806 .9s20 .9930 .9993 .9999 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
7 .2298 .6387 .8966 .9806 .9975 .9998 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
8 .t221 .4812 .8096 .9547 .9927 .9992 .9999 1.0000 1.0000
9 .0s79 .3319 .6927 .9084 .9817 .9975 .9998 1.0000 1.0000
l0 .0245 .2089 .5563 .8363 .9598 .9933 .9992 .9999 1.0000
II .0094 .1199 .4t64 .7318 .92IT .9840 .9978 .9998 1.0000
t2 .0032 .0628 .2893 .6184 .8610 .9658 .9943 .9994 " 1.0000
13 .0010 .0301 .1861 .4890 .7711 .9339 .9867 .9982 .9998
14 .0003 .0r32 .1106 .3630 .6721 .8837 .9720 .9955 .9995
15 .0001 .0053 .0607 .2519 .5532 .8r22 .9460 .9896 .9987
l6 .0019 .0308 .1631 .4308 .7r99 .9045 .9780 .9967
t7 .0007 .0144 .0983 .3161 .6111 .8439 .9573 .9923
l8 .0002 .0063 .0551 .2178 .4940 .7631 .9235 .9836
l9 .0001 .0025 .0287 .1406 .3784 .6644 .8727 .9675
20 .0009 .0139 .0848 .2736 .5535 .8026 .9405
2l .0003 .0063 .0478 . l86l .4390 .7138 .8987
22 .0001 .0026 .0251 .l 187 .3299 .6100 .8389
23 .0010 .0123 .0710 .2340 .4981 .7601
24 .0004 .0056 .0396 .1562 .3856 .6641
25 .0001 .0024 .0201 .0978 .2840 .5561
26 .0009 .0100 .0573 .1966 ' .4439
27 .0003 .0045 .0314 .1279 .3359
28 .0001 .0019 .0160 .0780 .2399
29 .0007 .00'76 .0444 .1611
30 .0003 .0034 .0235 .1013
31 .0001 .0014 .0116 .0595
.0005 .0053 .0325
33 .0002 .0022 .0164
34 .0001 .0009 .0077
35 .0003 .0033
36 .0001 .0013
JI .0005
38 .0002
Table I gives binomial probabilities only for a limited range of values of n and p since, in practice, either the more compact
tabulation of the Poissondistribution (Table 2) or that of the Nonnal distribution (Table 3) can usually be used to give an
adequateapproximation.
As a reasonableworking rule:
Note:For valuesof p > 0.5, work in termsof lfailures'which will haveprobability q (= | - p).
Exarnple: What is the probability that 40 ol more seedswill germinate out of 50 if the germination rate is 70%? Since the
probability of 'success'is greaterthan 0.5, the table can not be useddirectly; howwer, 40 or more successes
is the sameas l0 or
fewer'failures'.Theprobabilityofl0orfewer'failures'=l-probabilityofllormore'failures'=1-0.9211:0.0739.
Table I CumulativeBinomial Probabilities- continued
The table gives the probability tltat r or more random events are contained in an interval when the average number of
suclr eventsper interval is m, i.e.
€ -^ffi '
*''!
Where there is no entry for a particular pair of values of r and m, this indicates that the appropriate probability is less
than 0.000 05. Similarly, except for the case," = 0 when the eniry is exact, a tabulated value of 1.0000 representsa
probability greaterthan 0.999 95.
r :0 L0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
I .0 9 52 .1813 .2592 .3297 .3935 .4512 .5034 .5507 .5934. .6321
2 .0047 .0175 .0369 .0616 .0902 .12t9 . 1 5 5 8 .t9t2 .2275 .2642
3 .0 0 02 .001I .0036 .0079 .0144 .0231 .0341 .0474 .0629 .0803
4 .0001 .0003 .00 0 8 . 0 0 1 8 .0034 .0058 . 0 0 9 1 .0135 .0190
5 .0001 .0002 .0004 .0008 .0014 .0023 .0037
6 .0001 .0002 .0003 .0006
7 .0001
tn= l.l t.2 1.3 r.4 1.5 1.6 r .7 1.8 1.9 2.0
r: 0 1 .00 00 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 L0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
| .667| .6988 .727s .7s34 .7769 .7981 .8t73 .8347 .8504 .8647
2 .3010 .3374 .3732 .4082 .4422 . 4 7 s 1 . 5 0 6 8 . 5 3 7 2 .5663 .s940
3 .0996 .1205 .t429 .1 6 6 5 . 1 9 t 2 .2166 .2428 .2694 .7963 .3233
4 .0257 .0338 .0431 .0537 .0656 .0788 .0932 . 1 0 8 7 .1253 .t429
5 .0054 .0077 .0107 .01 4 3 .0186 .0237 .0296 .0364 .0441 .0527
6 .0 0 1 0 .0015 .0022 .0032 .0045 .0060 .0080 .0104 0132 .0166
7 .0 0 0 1 .0003 .0004 .0006 .0009 .0013 .0019 .0026 .0034 .0045
8 .0001 .0001 .0002 .0003 .0004 .0006 .0008 001I
9 .0001 .0001 .0002 .0002
2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.0
r=0 1 .00 00 1.0000 1.0000 t.00 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
| .87 7 5 .8892 .8997 .9093 .9179 .9257 .9328 .9392 .9450 .9502
2 .6204 .6454 .6691 .69 1 6 . 7t 2 7 . 7 3 2 6 . 7 5 1 3 .7689 .7854 .8009
3 .3s0 4 .3773 .4040 .4303 .4562 . 4 8 1 6 . 5 0 6 4 . 5 3 0 5 .5540 .5768
4 .16 t4 . I tr06 .2007 .22t3 .2424 .2640 .28s9 . 3 0 8 1 .3304 .3528
5 0621 0725 0838 .09 5 9 .1088 .1226 t37l .1523 .1682 t847
6 .0704 .0249 .0300 .0357 .0470 .0490 .0567 .0651 .0742 .0839
7 .0 0 5 9 .0075 .0094 .01 t 6 .0t42 .0172 .0206 .0244 .0287 .0335
8 .0 0 l-5 .0020 .0026 .0033 .0042 .0053 .0066 .0081 .0099 .0119
9 .0003 .0005 .0006 .00 0 9 .001I .0015 .0019 .0024 .0031 .0038
l0 0001 .0001 .0001 .0002 .0003 .0004 .0005 .0007 .0009 .0011
ll .0001 .0001 .0001 .0002 .0002 .0003
t2 .0001 .0001
Table 2 CumulativePoissonProbabilities- continued
3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 4.0
r:0 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
I .9550 .9592 .9631 .9666 .9698 .9721 .9753 .9776 .9198 .98t7
2 .8153 .8288 .8414 .8s32 .8641 .8743 .8838 .8926 .9008 .9084
J .5988 .6201 .6406 .6603 .6792 .6973 .7t46 .73tt .7469 .76t9
4 .3752 .3975 .4197 .44t6 .4634 ..4848 .5058 .s265 .s468 .5665
) .2018 .2194 .2374 .2558 .2746 .2936 .3128 .3322 .3516 .ti,ttz
6 .0943 .1054 .l l7l .1295 .r424 .1559 .1699 .1844 .1994 .2149
7 .0388 .0446 .0510 .0579 .0653 .0733 .0818 .0909 .1005 .tto7
8 .0142 .0168 .0198 .023r .0267 .0308 .0352 .0401 .0454 .0511
9 .0047 .0057 .0069 .0083 .0099 .0rt7 .0137 .0160 .0185 .0214
l0 .0014 .0018 .0022 .0027 .0033 .0040 .0048 .0058 .0069 .0081
ll .0004 .0005 .0006 .0008 .0010 .0013 .0016 .0019 .0023 .0028
t2 .0001 .0001 .0002 .0002 .0003 .0004 .0005 .0006 .0007 .0009
l3 .0001 .0001 .0001 .0001 .0002 .0002 .0003
t4 .0001 .0001
4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 5.0
r=0 r.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
I .9834 .9850 .9864 .9877 .9889 .9899 .9909 .9918 .9926 .9933
2 .9155 .9220 .9281 .9337 .9389 .9437 ,9492 .9523 .9s61 .9s96
J .7762 .7898 .8026 .8149 .8264 .8374 .8477 .8575 .8661 .8753
4 .5858 .6046 .6228 .6406 .6577 .6743 .6903 .7058 .7207 .7350
5 .3907 .4t02 .4296 .4488 .4679 .4868 .5054 .s237 .5418 .5595
6 .2307 .2469 .2633 .2801 .2971 .3t42 .3316 .3490 .366s .3840
7 .12T4 .1325 .t442 .1564 .1689 .1820 .t954 .2092 .2233 .2378
8 .0s73 .0639 .0710 .0786 .0866 .0951 .1040 .1133 .t231 .1334
9 .0245 .02'19 .03t7 .0358 .0403 .04s1 .0503 .0558 .0618 .0681
l0 .0095 .0lll .0129 .0149 .0171 .0195 .0222 .0251 .0283 .0318
ll .0034 .0041 .0048 .0057 .0067 .0078 .0090 .0104 .0120 .0137
T2 .001I .0014 .0017 .0020 .0024 .0029 .0034 .0040 .0047 .0055
l3 .0003 .0004 .0005 .0007 .0008 .0010 .0012 .0014 .00n .0020
T4 .0001 .0001 .0002 .0002 .0003 .0003 .0004 .0005 .0006 .0007
l5 .0001 .0001 .0001 .0001 .0001 .0002 .0002
l6 .0001 .0001
5,2 5.4 5.6 5.8 6.0 6.2 6.4 6.6 6.8 7.0
r:0 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
I .9945 .9955 .9963 .9970 .9975 .9980 .9983 .9986 .9989 .9991
2 .9658 .9711 .9756 .9794 .9826 .9854 .9877 .9897 .9913 .9927
3 .8912 .9052 .9r76 .9285 .9380 .9464 .9537 .9600 .9656 .9704
4 .76t9 .7867 .8094 .8300 .8488 .8658 .8811 .8948 .9072 .9182
) .5939 .6261 .6579 .6873 .7149 .7408 .7649 .7873 .8080 .8270
6 .4191 .4539 .4881 .52t7 .5543 .5859 .6t63 .6453 .6730 .6993
.2676 .2983 .3297 .3616 .393',7 .4258 .4577 .4892 .5201 .5503
8 .155I .1783 .2030 .2290 .2560 .2840 .3127 .3419 .37t5 .4013
9 .0819 .0974 .1143 .1328 .1528 .t741 .t967 .2204 .2452 .2709
l0 .0397 .0488 .0591 .0708 .0839 .0984 .tt42 .1314 .1498 .1695
ll .0t77 .0225 .0282 .0349 .0426 .0514 .0614 .0726 .0849 .0985
t2 .0073 .0096 .0125 .0160 .0201 .0250 .0307 .0373 .0448 .0534
l3 .(ru28 .0038 .0051 .0068 .0088 .0113 .0143 .0t19 .0221 .0270
t4 .00I() .0014 .0020 .(r027 .0036 .0048 .0063 .0080 .0t02 .0128
l5 (XX)3 .Ofi)5 .0007 .0010 .0014 .0019 .0026 .0034 .0044 .0057
l6 .0001 .0002 .0002 .0004 .0005 .0007 .0010 .0014 .0018 .0024
t7 .0001 .0001 .0001 .0002 .0003 .0004 .0005 .0007 .0010
l8 .0001 .0001 .0001 .0002 .0003 .0004
t9 .0001 .0001 .0001
Table 2 CumulativePoissonProbabilities- continued
m: 7.2 7.4 7.6 7.8 8.0 8.2 8.4 8.6 8. 8 9.0
r=O 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
I .9993 .9994 .9995 .9996 .9997 .9997 .9998 .9998 .9998 .9999
2 .9939 .9949 .9957 .9964 .9910 .9975 .9979 .9982 .9985 .9988
3 .9745 .9781 .98t2 .9839 .9862 .9882 .9900 .99t4 .9927 .9938
4 .9281 .9368 .9446 .9515 .9576 .9630 .9677 .9719 .97s6 .9788
5 .8445 .8605 .8751 .8883 .9004 .91l3 .92t1 .9299 .9379 .9450
6 .7241 .7474 .7693 .7897 .8088 .8264 .8427 .8578 .8716 .8843
7 .5796 .6080 .6354 .6616 .6866 .7104 .7330 .7543 .7744 .7932
8 .431I .4607 .4900 .5188 .5470 .5746 .6013 .62',72 .6522 .6161
9 .2973 .3243 .3518 .3796 .4075 .4353 .463r .4906 .5177 .5443
l0 .1904 .2r23 .2351 .2589 .2834 .3085 .3341 .3600 .3863 .4126
ll .1133 .1293 .1465 .1648 . l84l .2045 .2257 .2478 .2706 .2940
t2 .0629 .0735 .0852 .0980 .ll19 .1269 .1429 .1600 .1780 .1970
l3 .{t327 .0391 .0464 .0546 .0638 .0739 .0850 .0971 .rto2 .1242
l4 .0159 .0195 .0238 .0286 .0342 .0405 .0476 .0555 .0642 .0739
l5 .00?3 .0092 .0114 .0141 .0173 .0209 .02s1 .0299 .0353 .0415
l6 .0031 .0041 .00s2 .0066 .0082 .0102 .olzs .0t52 .0184 .0220
t7 .0013 .0017 .0022 .0029 .0037 .0047 .0059 .0074 .0091 .0111
l8 .0005 .0007 .0009 .0012 .0016 .0021 .0027 .0034 .0043 .0053
l9 .0002 .0003 .0004 .0005 .0006 .0009 .0011 .0015 .0019 .0024
20 .0001 .0001 .0001 .0002 .0003 .0003 .0005 .0006 .0008 .0011
2l .0001 .0001 .0001 .0002 .0002 .0003 .0004
22 .0001 .0001 .0001 .0002
23 .0001
r=Q 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
1 .9999 .9999 .9999 .9999 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
2 .9990 .999r .9993 .9994 .9995 .9998 .9999 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
3 .9947 .9955 .9962 .9967 .9972 .9988 .9995 .9998 .9999 1.0000
4 .9816 .9840 .9862 .9880 .9897 .9951 .9977 .9990 .9995 .9998
5 .9514 .957r .9622 .9667 .9107 .9849 .9924 .9963 .9982 .9991
6 .8959 .9055 .9t62 .9250 .9329 .962s .9797 .9893 .9945 .9972
7 .8108 .8273 .8426 .8567 .8699 .9214 .9542 .9741 .9858 .9924
8 .6990 .7208 .74t6 .7612 .7798 .8568 .9105 .9460 .9684 .9820
9 .5704 .5958 .6204 .6442 .6672 .7680 .84s0 .9002 .9379 .9626
l0 .4389 .4651 .491I .5168 .5421 .6595 .7576 .8342 .8906 .9301
n .3180 .3424 .3671 .3920 .4170 .5401 .6528 .7483 .8243 .8815
t2 .2t68 .2374 .2588 .2807 .3032 .420'7 .5384 .6468 .7400 .8152
l3 .1393 .1552 .t721 .1899 .2084 .3113 .4240 .5369 .6415 1324
L4 .0844 .0958 . l08l .12t4 .1355 .2187 .3185 .4270 .5356 .6368
l5 .0483 .0559 .0643 .0735 .0835 .1460 .2280 .3249 .4296 .5343
16^ .0262 .0309 .0362 .042r .0487 .0926 .1556 .2364 .3306 .4319
l7 .0135 .0162 .0194 .0230 .0270 .0559 .1013 .t645 .2441 .3359
t8 .0066 .0081 .0098 .0119 .0143 .0322 .0630 .1095 .1728 .2511
l9 .0031 .0038 .0048 .0059 .0072 .0177 .0374 .0698 .rt"l4 .1805
20 .0014 .0017 .0022 .0028 .0035 .0093 .0213 .0427 .076s .1248
2l .0006 .0008 .0010 .0012 .0016 .004'7 .0116 .0250 .0479 .0830
22 .0002 .0003 .0004 .0005 .0007 .0023 .0061 .0141 .0288 .0531
23 .0001 .0001 .0002 .0002 .0003 .0010 .0030 .0076 .0167 .0327
24 .0001 .0001 .0001 .0005 .0015 .0040 .0093 .0195
25 .0002 .0007 .0020 .0050 .0122
26 .0001 .0003 .0010 .0026 .0062
27 .0001 .000s .0013 .0033
28 .0001 .0002 .0006 .0017
29 .0001 .0003 .0009
30 .0001 .0004
3l .0001 .0002
32 .0001
l0
Table 2 Cumulative PoissonProbabilities- continued
ll
Table 2 Cumulative PoissonProbabilities- continued
m= 26.0 27.0 28.0 29.O 30.0 32.0 34.0 36.0 38.0 40.0
r=9 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
l0 .9999 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
11 .9991 .9999 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
t2 .9992 .9998 .9999 .9999 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
13 .9982 .9994 .9997 .9998 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
t4 .9962 .9987 .9993 .9996 .9999 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
l5 .9924 .99s4 .9973 .9984 .9991 .9997 .9999 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000
t6 .9858 .9912 .9946 .9967 .9981 .9993 .9998 .9999 1.0000 1.0000
t7 .9752 .9840 .9899 .9937 .9961 .9986 .9995 .9998 1.0000 1.0000
t8 .9580 .9726 .982r .9885 .9927 .9912 .9990 .9997 .9999 1.0000
19 .9354 .9555 .9700 .9801 .9871 .9948 .9980 .9993 .9998 .9999
20 .9032 .9313 .9522 .9614 .9781 .9901 .9963 .9986 .9995 .9998
2T .8613 .8985 .9273 .9489 .9647 .9841 .9932 .9913 .9990 .9996
22 .8095 .8564 .8940 .9233 .9456 .9740 .9884 .9951 .9981 .9993
23 .1483 .8048 .8517 .8896 .9t94 .9s94 .9809 .991s .996s .9986
24 .6791 .7441 .8002 .8471 .88s4 .9390 .9698 .9859 .9938 .9974
25 .6041 .6158 .7401 .7958 .8428 .9119 .9540 .9176 .9897 .9955
26 .5261 .602t .6728 .7363 .7916 .8772 .9326 .9655 .9834 .9924
27 .4481 .5256 .6003 .6699 .7327 .8344 .9047 .9487 .9141 .9871
28 .3730 .449r .5251 .5986 .6671 .7838 .8694 .9264 .9611 .9807
29 .3033 .3753 .4500 .5247 .s969 .1259 .8267 .8977 .9435 .9706
30 .2407 .3065 .3774 .4508 .5243 .6620 .7765 .8621 .9204 .9568
31 .1866 .2447 .3097 .3794 .4516 .5939 .7196 .8194 .8911 .9383
32 .1411 .1908 .2485 .3126 .3814 .5235 .6573 .7697 .8552 .9t45
JJ .1042 .1454 .1949 .2521 .3155 .4532 .591I .7139 .8125 .8847
34 .0751 .1082 .t495 .1989 .2556 .3850 .5228 .6530 .1635 .8486
35 .0528 .0787 .tt2l .1535 .2027 .3208 .4546 .5885 .7086 .8061
36 .0363 .0559 .0822 .1159 .t574 .262r .3883 .5222 .6490 .7516
'.0244 .0856 .1196 .2099 .3256 .4558
JI .0388 .0589 .5862 .7037
38 .0160 .0263 .0413 .0619 .0890 .1648 .2681 .3913 .52t6 .6453
39 .0103 .0r75 .0283 .0438 .0648 .1268 .2r66 .3301 .4s70 .5840
40 .0064 .0113 .0190 .0303 .0463 .0956 .t717 .2737 .394r .szr0
4T .0039 .0072 .0t25 .0205 .0323 .0707 .r336 .2229 .3343 .4581
42 .0024 .0045 .0080 .0136 .0221 .0512 .1019 .1783 .2789 .3967
43 .0014 .0027 .0050 .0089 .0148 .0364 .0763 .1401 .2288 .3382
44 .0008 .0016 .0031 .0056 .0097 .0253 .0561 .1081 .1845 .2838
45 .0004 .0009 .0019 .0035 .0063 .0173 .0404 .0819 .1462 .2343
46 .0002 .0005 .0011 .0022 .0040 .0116 .0286 .0609 .1139 .1903
47 .0001 .0003 .0006 .0013 .0025 .0076 .0199 .0445 .0872 .rszr
48 .0001 .0002 .0004 .0008 .0015 .0049 .0136 .0320 .06s7 .1196
49 .0001 .0002 .0004 .0009 .0031 .0091 .0225 .0486 .0925
50 .0001 .0002 .0005 .0019 .0060 .0156 .0353 .0703
51 .0001 .0001 .0003 .0012 .0039 .0106 .0253 .0526
{t .0001 .0002 .0007 .0024 .0071 .0178 .0387
53 .0001 .0004 .0015 .0047 .0123 .0281
54 .0001 .0002 .0009 .0030 .0084 .0200
)) .0001 .0006 .0019 .0056 .0140
56 .0001 .0003 .0012 .0037 .0097
JI .0002 .0007 .0024 .0066
58 .0001 .0005 .0015 .0044
59 .0001 .0003 .0010 .0029
60 .0002 .0006 .0019
6l .0001 .0004 .00t2
62 .0001 .0002 .0008
63 .0001 .0005
64 .0001 .0003
65 .0002
66 .0001
67 .0001
For values of m greaterthan 30, usethe table of areasunderthe Normal curve(Table 3) to obtainapproximatePoisson
probabilities,puttingp= m ando=Ji .
tz
Table 3 Areas in upper TaiI of the Normal Distribution
rhus
1-o(z)=#1"- .2 tc is the probabilitythat a standardisedNormal variate selectedat random
will be greaterthan a
varueorz(=+)
o (")
0.0 .5000 .4960 .4920 .4880 .4840 .4801 .4761 .4721 .4681 .4641
0.1 .4602 .4562 .4522 .4483 .4443 .4404 .4364 .4325 .4286 .4247
0.2 .4207 .4168 .4t29 .4090 .4052 .4013 .3974 .3936 .3897 .3859
0.3 .3821 .3783 .3745 .3707 .3669 .3632 .3594
0.4 .3446 .3557 .3520 .3483
.3409 .3372 .3336 .3300 .3264 .3228 .3192 .3156 .3t21
0.5 .3085 .3050 .3015 .2981 .2946 .2912 .2877
0.6 .2843 .28t0 .2776
.2743 .2709 .2676 .2643 .26t1 .2578 .2546
0.7 .2514 .2483 .2451
.2420 .2389 .2358 .2327 .2296 .2266 .2236
0.8 .2206 .2177 .2148
.2119 .2090 .2061 .2033 .2005 .r977 .t949
0.9 .1 8 4 1 .1922 .1894 .1867
.1814 .1788 .t762 .t736 . t 7 lL .1685 .1660 .1635 . 1 6 1I
1.0 .1s87 .1562 .1539 .15l5 .r492 .1469 .t446
t.l .1423 .1401 .r379
.t35'7 .1335 .13t4 .1292 .1271 .1251 .1230
t.2 .t210 . 11 9 0 .1t70
.11 5 1 .113l .ttt2 .1093 .t075 .1056 .1038 .1020 .1003 .0985
1.3 .0968 .0951 .0934 .0918 .0901 .0885 .0869
1.4 .0853 .0838 .0823
.0808 .0793 .0778 .0764 .0749 .0735 .0721 .0708 .0694 .0681
1.5 .0668 .0655 .0643 .0630 .0618 .0606 .0594
t.6 .0582 .0571 .0559
.0548 .0537 .0526 .0516 .0505 .4495 .0485
r.7 .0475 .0465 .0455
.0446 .0436 .0427 .0418 .0409 .0401 .0392
1.8 .0384 .0375 .0367
.0359 .0351 .0344 .0336 .0329 .0322 .0314
1.9 .0307 .0301 .0294
.0287 .0281 .0274 .0268 .0262 .0256 .0250 .0244 .0239 .0233
2.0 .02275 .02222 .02169 .021l8 .02068 .02018 .01970
2.1 .01923 .01876 . 0 1 8 3 1
.0 1 7 8 6 .0r743 .01700 .01659 .01618 .01578 .01539
2.2 .01500 .01463 .01426
.0 1 3 9 0 .01355 .01321 .01287 .01255 .01222 . 0 1 l9 l
2.3 .01160 .01130 .01101
.0t072 .01044 .01017 .00990 .00964 .00939 .00914
2.4 .00889 .00866 .00842
.00820 .00798 .00776 .00755 .00734 .00714 .00695 .00676 .00657 .00639
2.5 .00621 .00604 .00587 .00570 .00554 .00539 .00523
2.6 .00508 .00494 .00480
.00466 .00453 .00440 .00427 .00415 .00402 .00391 .00379
2.7 .00347 .00336 .00326 .00368 .00357
.0031 7 .00307 .00298 .00289 .00280 .00272 .00264
2.8 .00256 .00248 .00240 .00233 .00226 .00219 .00212
2.9 .00205 . 0 0 1 9 9 .00193
.00 1 8 7 .00181 .00175 .00169 .00164 .00159 .00154 .00149 .00144 . 0 0 1 3 9
3.0 .0 0 1 3 5 .00131 .00126 .00122 .00118 .00114 .001I
3.1 .00107 .00104 .00100
.00097 .00094 .00090 .00087 .00084 .00082 .00079
3.2 .00076 .00074 .00071
.00069 .00066. .00064 .00062 .00060 .000s8 .000s6
3.3 .00054 .00052 .00050
.00048 .00047 .00045 .00043 .40042 .00040 .00039 .00038
3.4 .00034 .00032 .00031 .00036 .00035
.00030 .00029 .00028 .00027 .00026 .00025 .00024
3.5 .00023 .00022 .00022 .00021 .00020 .00019 .00019
3.6 .00016 .00015 .00015 .00018 .00017 .00017
.00014 .00014 .00013 .00013 .00012 .00012 .0001I
3.7 .000108 .000104 .000100 .000096 .000092 .000088 .000085
3.8 .000082 .000078 .000075
.000072 .000069 .000067 .000064 .000062 .000059 .000057
3.9 .000048 .000046 .000044 .000054 .000052 .000050
.000042 .000041 .000039 .000037 .000036 .000034 .000033
4.0 .000032
5.0-+ 0.0000002867 5.5-+ 0.0000000190 6.0-+ 0.0000000010
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Table 4 PercentagePoints of the Normal Distribution
The table gives the l00a percentage points, zo of a standardisednormal distribution whsre
o = Ll* ,-,2124,
.
.lZt Jzo
Thus zo is the value of a standardised normal variate which has probability a of being exceeded.
d. za d za q za q za q za q zd
.50 0.0000 .050 1.6449 .030 1.8808 .020 2.0537 .010 2.3263 .050 1.6449
.45 0.t257 .048 1.6646 .029 1.8957 .019 2.0749 .009 2.3656 .010 2.3263
.40 0.2533 .046 t.6849 .028 1.9910 .018 2.0969 .008 2.4089 .001 3.0902
.35 0.3853 .044 1.7060 .027 1.9268 .017 2.1201 .007 2.4573 .0001 3.7190
.30 0.5244 .042 13279 ,026 t.9431 .016 2.1444 .006 2.5t21 .0000l 4.2649
.25 0.6745 .040 1.7507 025 1.9600 .015 2.r70r 005 2.5758 .025 1.9600
.20 0.84 1 6 .038 t.7744 024 t.9774 .0t4 2.t973 004 2.6521 .005 2.5758
.15 1.0364 .036 t.7991 023 1.9954 .013 2.2262 003 2.7478 .0005 3.2905
.10 1 .28 1 6 .034 1.8250 022 2.0t41 .012 2.2571 002 2.8782 .00005 3.8905
.05 1.6449 .032 1.8522 02r 2.0335 .0ll 2.2904 001 3.0902 .000005 4.4t72
.0 .t .2 .J .4 .5 .6 .7 .8
0.0 .3989 .3970 .3910 .3814 .3683 .352t .3332 .3123 .2897 .2661
1.0 .2420 .2179 .r942 .17t4 .t497 .r295 . 11 0 9 .0940 .0790 .0656
2.0 .0540 .0440 .0355 .0283 .0224 .017s .0136 .0104 .0079 .0060
3.0 .0044 .0033 .0024 .0017 .0012 .0009 .0006 .0004 .0003 .0002
4.0 0001
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