Appendix D: Critical Values for Student's t
This table shows the t value that defines the area for each stated degrees of freedom (n).
Confidence Level Confidence Level
0.80 0.90 0.95 0.98 0.99 0.80 0.90 0.95 0.98 0.99
Upper Tail Area Upper Tail Area
n 0.10 0.05 0.025 0.01 0.005 n 0.10 0.05 0.025 0.01 0.005
1 3.078 6.314 12.706 31.821 63.657 36 1.306 1.688 2.028 2.434 2.719
2 1.886 2.920 4.303 6.965 9.925 37 1.305 1.687 2.026 2.431 2.715
3 1.638 2.353 3.182 4.541 5.841 38 1.304 1.686 2.024 2.429 2.712
4 1.533 2.132 2.776 3.747 4.604 39 1.304 1.685 2.023 2.426 2.708
5 1.476 2.015 2.571 3.365 4.032 40 1.303 1.684 2.021 2.423 2.704
6 1.440 1.943 2.447 3.143 3.707 41 1.303 1.683 2.020 2.421 2.701
7 1.415 1.895 2.365 2.998 3.499 42 1.302 1.682 2.018 2.418 2.698
8 1.397 1.860 2.306 2.896 3.355 43 1.302 1.681 2.017 2.416 2.695
9 1.383 1.833 2.262 2.821 3.250 44 1.301 1.680 2.015 2.414 2.692
10 1.372 1.812 2.228 2.764 3.169 45 1.301 1.679 2.014 2.412 2.690
11 1.363 1.796 2.201 2.718 3.106 46 1.300 1.679 2.013 2.410 2.687
12 1.356 1.782 2.179 2.681 3.055 47 1.300 1.678 2.012 2.408 2.685
13 1.350 1.771 2.160 2.650 3.012 48 1.299 1.677 2.011 2.407 2.682
14 1.345 1.761 2.145 2.624 2.977 49 1.299 1.677 2.010 2.405 2.680
15 1.341 1.753 2.131 2.602 2.947 50 1.299 1.676 2.009 2.403 2.678
16 1.337 1.746 2.120 2.583 2.921 55 1.297 1.673 2.004 2.396 2.668
17 1.333 1.740 2.110 2.567 2.898 60 1.296 1.671 2.000 2.390 2.660
18 1.330 1.734 2.101 2.552 2.878 65 1.295 1.669 1.997 2.385 2.654
19 1.328 1.729 2.093 2.539 2.861 70 1.294 1.667 1.994 2.381 2.648
20 1.325 1.725 2.086 2.528 2.845 75 1.293 1.665 1.992 2.377 2.643
21 1.323 1.721 2.080 2.518 2.831 80 1.292 1.664 1.990 2.374 2.639
22 1.321 1.717 2.074 2.508 2.819 85 1.292 1.663 1.988 2.371 2.635
23 1.319 1.714 2.069 2.500 2.807 90 1.291 1.662 1.987 2.368 2.632
24 1.318 1.711 2.064 2.492 2.797 95 1.291 1.661 1.985 2.366 2.629
25 1.316 1.708 2.060 2.485 2.787 100 1.290 1.660 1.984 2.364 2.626
26 1.315 1.706 2.056 2.479 2.779 110 1.289 1.659 1.982 2.361 2.621
27 1.314 1.703 2.052 2.473 2.771 120 1.289 1.658 1.980 2.358 2.617
28 1.313 1.701 2.048 2.467 2.763 130 1.288 1.657 1.978 2.355 2.614
29 1.311 1.699 2.045 2.462 2.756 140 1.288 1.656 1.977 2.353 2.611
30 1.310 1.697 2.042 2.457 2.750 150 1.287 1.655 1.976 2.351 2.609
31 1.309 1.696 2.040 2.453 2.744 1.282 1.645 1.960 2.326 2.576
32 1.309 1.694 2.037 2.449 2.738
33 1.308 1.692 2.035 2.445 2.733 Note: As n increases, critical values of Student's t approach
34 1.307 1.691 2.032 2.441 2.728 the z values shown in the last line of this table. A common rule
35 1.306 1.690 2.030 2.438 2.724 of thumb is to use z when n > 30, but that is not conservative.