Table 4: F Distribution (reduced)

Entries in the table give values, where α is the area or probability in the upper tail of the F distribution. For example, with 4 numerator degrees of
freedom, 8 denominator degrees of freedom, and a .05 area in the upper tail, .

Numerator Degrees of Freedom

Denominator Degrees Area in

of Freedom Upper Tail 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 .10 39.86 49.50 53.59 55.83 57.24 58.20 58.91 59.44 59.86
.05 161.45 199.50 215.71 224.58 230.16 233.99 236.77 238.88 240.54
.025 647.79 799.48 864.15 899.60 921.83 937.11 948.20 956.64 963.28
.01 4052.18 4999.34 5403.53 5624.26 5763.96 5858.95 5928.33 5980.95 6022.40

2 .10 8.53 9.00 9.16 9.24 9.29 9.33 9.35 9.37 9.38
.05 18.51 19.00 19.16 19.25 19.30 19.33 19.35 19.37 19.38
.025 38.51 39.00 39.17 39.25 39.30 39.33 39.36 39.37 39.39
.01 98.50 99.00 99.16 99.25 99.30 99.33 99.36 99.38 99.39

3 .10 5.54 5.46 5.39 5.34 5.31 5.28 5.27 5.25 5.24
.05 10.13 9.55 9.28 9.12 9.01 8.94 8.89 8.85 8.81
.025 17.44 16.04 15.44 15.10 14.88 14.73 14.62 14.54 14.47
.01 34.12 30.82 29.46 28.71 28.24 27.91 27.67 27.49 27.34
Denominator Degrees Area in
of Freedom Upper Tail 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

4 .10 4.54 4.32 4.19 4.11 4.05 4.01 3.98 3.95 3.94
.05 7.71 6.94 6.59 6.39 6.26 6.16 6.09 6.04 6.00
.025 12.22 10.65 9.98 9.60 9.36 9.20 9.07 8.98 8.90
.01 21.20 18.00 16.69 15.98 15.52 15.21 14.98 14.80 14.66

5 .10 4.06 3.78 3.62 3.52 3.45 3.40 3.37 3.34 3.32
.05 6.61. 5.79 5.41 5.19 5.05 4.95 4.88 4.82 4.77
.025 10.01 8.43 7.76 7.39 7.15 6.98 6.85 6.76 6.68
.01 16.26 13.27 12.06 11.39 10.97 10.67 10.46 10.29 10.16

6 .10 3.78 3.46 3.29 3.18 3.11 3.05 3.01 2.98 2.96
.05 5.99 5.14 4.76 4.53 4.39 4.28 4.21 4.15 4.10
.025 8.81 7.26 6.60 6.23 5.99 5.82 5.70 5.60 5.52
.01 13.75 10.92 9.78 9.15 8.75 8.47 8.26 8.10 7.98

7 .10 3.59 3.26 3.07 2.96 2.88 2.83 2.78 2.75 2.72
.05 5.59 4.74 4.35 4.12 3.97 3.87 3.79 3.73 3.68
.025 8.07 6.54 5.89 5.52 5.29 5.12 4.99 4.90 4.82
.01 12.25 9.55 8.45 7.85 7.46 7.19 6.99 6.84 6.72

8 .10 3.46 3.11 2.92 2.81 2.73 2.67 2.62 2.59 2.56
.05 5.32 4.46 4.07 3.84 3.69 3.58 3.50 3.44 3.39
.025 7.57 6.06 5.42 5.05 4.82 4.65 4.53 4.43 4.36
.01 11.26 8.65 7.59 7.01 6.63 6.37 6.18 6.03 5.91

9 .10 3.36 3.01 2.81 2.69 2.61 2.55 2.51 2.47 2.44
.05 5.12 4.26 3.86 3.63 3.48 3.37 3.29 3.23 3.18
.025 7.21 5.71 5.08 4.72 4.48 4.32 4.20 4.10 4.03
.01 10.56 8.02 6.99 6.42 6.06 5.80 5.61 5.47 5.35

10 .10 3.29 2.92 2.73 2.61 2.52 2.46 2.41 2.38 2.35
.05 4.96 4.10 3.71 3.48 3.33 3.22 3.14 3.07 3.02
Denominator Degrees Area in
of Freedom Upper Tail 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
.025 6.94 5.46 4.83 4.47 4.24 4.07 3.95 3.85 3.78
.01 10.04 7.56 6.55 5.99 5.64 5.39 5.20 5.06 4.94

11 .10 3.23 2.86 2.66 2.54 2.45 2.39 2.34 2.30 2.27
.05 4.84 3.98 3.59 3.36 3.20 3.09 3.01 2.95 2.90
.025 6.72 5.26 4.63 4.28 4.04 3.88 3.76 3.66 3.59
.01 9.65 7.21 6.22 5.67 5.32 5.07 4.89 4.74 4.63

12 .10 3.18 2.81 2.61 2.48 2.39 2.33 2.28 2.24 2.21
.05 4.75 3.89 3.49 3.26 3.11 3.00 2.91 2.85 2.80
.025 6.55 5.10 4.47 4.12 3.89 3.73 3.61 3.51 3.44
.01 9.33 6.93 5.95 5.41 5.06 4.82 4.64 4.50 4.39

13 .10 3.14 2.76 2.56 2.43 2.35 2.28 2.23 2.20 2.16
.05 4.67 3.81 3.41 3.18 3.03 2.92 2.83 2.77 2.71
.025 6.41 4.97 4.35 4.00 3.77 3.60 3.48 3.39 3.31
.01 9.07 6.70 5.74 5.21 4.86 4.62 4.44 4.30 4.19

14 .10 3.10 2.73 2.52 2.39 2.31 2.24 2.19 2.15 2.12
.05 4.60 3.74 3.34 3.11 2.96 2.85 2.76 2.70 2.65
.025 6.30 4.86 4.24 3.89 3.66 3.50 3.38 3.29 3.21
.01 8.86 6.51 5.56 5.04 4.69 4.46 4.28 4.14 4.03

15 .10 3.07 2.70 2.49 2.36 2.27 2.21 2.16 2.12 2.09
.05 4.54 3.68 3.29 3.06 2.90 2.79 2.71 2.64 2.59
.025 6.20 4.77 4.15 3.80 3.58 3.41 3.29 3.20 3.12
.01 8.68 6.36 5.42 4.89 4.56 4.32 4.14 4.00 3.89

16 .10 3.05 2.67 2.46 2.33 2.24 2.18 2.13 2.09 2.06
.05 4.49 3.63 3.24 3.01 2.85 2.74 2.66 2.59 2.54
.025 6.12 4.69 4.08 3.73 3.50 3.34 3.22 3.12 3.05
.01 8.53 6.23 5.29 4.77 4.44 4.20 4.03 3.89 3.78
Denominator Degrees Area in
of Freedom Upper Tail 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
17 .10 3.03 2.64 2.44 2.31 2.22 2.15 2.10 2.06 2.03
.05 4.45 3.59 3.20 2.96 2.81 2.70 2.61 2.55 2.49
.025 6.04 4.62 4.01 3.66 3.44 3.28 3.16 3.06 2.98
.01 8.40 6.11 5.19 4.67 4.34 4.10 3.93 3.79 3.68

18 .10 3.01 2.62 2.42 2.29 2.20 2.13 2.08 2.04 2.00
.05 4.41 3.55 3.16 2.93 2.77 2.66 2.58 2.51 2.46
.025 5.98 4.56 3.95 3.61 3.38 3.22 3.10 3.01 2.93
.01 8.29 6.01 5.09 4.58 4.25 4.01 3.84 3.71 3.60

19 .10 2.99 2.61 2.40 2.27 2.18 2.11 2.06 2.02 1.98
.05 4.38 3.52 3.13 2.90 2.74 2.63 2.54 2.48 2.42
.025 5.92 4.51 3.90 3.56 3.33 3.17 3.05 2.96 2.88
.01 8.18 5.93 5.01 4.50 4.17 3.94 3.77 3.63 3.52

20 .10 2.97 2.59 2.38 2.25 2.16 2.09 2.04 2.00 1.96
.05 4.35 3.49 3.10 2.87 2.71 2.60 2.51 2.45 2.39
.025 5.87 4.46 3.86 3.51 3.29 3.13 3.01 2.91 2.84
.01 8.10 5.85 4.94 4.43 4.10 3.87 3.70 3.56 3.46

21 .10 2.96 2.57 2.36 2.23 2.14 2.08 2.02 1.98 1.95
.05 4.32 3.47 3.07 2.84 2.68 2.57 2.49 2.42 2.37
.025 5.83 4.42 3.82 3.48 3.25 3.09 2.97 2.87 2.80
.01 8.02 5.78 4.87 4.37 4.04 3.81 3.64 3.51 3.40

22 .10 2.95 2.56 2.35 2.22 2.13 2.06 2.01 1.97 1.93
.05 4.30 3.44 3.05 2.82 2.66 2.55 2.46 2.40 2.34
.025 5.79 4.38 3.78 3.44 3.22 3.05 2.93 2.84 2.76
.01 7.95 5.72 4.82 4.31 3.99 3.76 3.59 3.45 3.35

23 .10 2.94 2.55 2.34 2.21 2.11 2.05 1.99 1.95 1.92
.05 4.28 3.42 3.03 2.80 2.64 2.53 2.44 2.37 2.32
.025 5.75 4.35 3.75 3.41 3.18 3.02 2.90 2.81 2.73
Denominator Degrees Area in
of Freedom Upper Tail 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
.01 7.88 5.66 4.76 4.26 3.94 3.71 3.54 3.41 3.30

24 .10 2.93 2.54 2.33 2.19 2.10 2.04 1.98 1.94 1.91
.05 4.26 3.40 3.01 2.78 2.62 2.51 2.42 2.36 2.30
.025 5.72 4.32 3.72 3.38 3.15 2.99 2.87 2.78 2.70
.01 7.82 5.61 4.72 4.22 3.90 3.67 3.50 3.36 3.26

25 .10 2.92 2.53 2.32 2.18 2.09 2.02 1.97 1.93 1.89
.05 4.24 3.39 2.99 2.76 2.60 2.49 2.40 2.34 2.28
.025 5.69 4.29 3.69 3.35 3.13 2.97 2.85 2.75 2.68
.01 7.77 5.57 4.68 4.18 3.85 3.63 3.46 3.32 3.22

26 .10 2.91 2.52 2.31 2.17 2.08 2.01 1.96 1.92 1.88
.05 4.23 3.37 2.98 2.74 2.59 2.47 2.39 2.32 2.27
.025 5.66 4.27 3.67 3.33 3.10 2.94 2.82 2.73 2.65
.01 7.72 5.53 4.64 4.14 3.82 3.59 3.42 3.29 3.18

27 .10 2.90 2.51 2.30 2.17 2.07 2.00 1.95 1.91 1.87
.05 4.21 3.35 2.96 2.73 2.57 2.46 2.37 2.31 2.25
.025 5.63 4.24 3.65 3.31 3.08 2.92 2.80 2.71 2.63
.01 7.68 5.49 4.60 4.11 3.78 3.56 3.39 3.26 3.15

28 .10 2.89 2.50 2.29 2.16 2.06 2.00 1.94 1.90 1.87
.05 4.20 3.34 2.95 2.71 2.56 2.45 2.36 2.29 2.24
.025 5.61 4.22 3.63 3.29 3.06 2.90 2.78 2.69 2.61
.01 7.64 5.45 4.57 4.07 3.75 3.53 3.36 3.23 3.12

29 .10 2.89 2.50 2.28 2.15 2.06 1.99 1.93 1.89 1.86
.05 4.18 3.33 2.93 2.70 2.55 2.43 2.35 2.28 2.22
.025 5.59 4.20 3.61 3.27 3.04 2.88 2.76 2.67 2.59
.01 7.60 5.42 4.54 4.04 3.73 3.50 3.33 3.20 3.09

30 .10 2.88 2.49 2.28 2.14 2.05 1.98 1.93 1.88 1.85
Denominator Degrees Area in
of Freedom Upper Tail 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
.05 4.17 3.32 2.92 2.69 2.53 2.42 2.33 2.27 2.21
.025 5.57 4.18 3.59 3.25 3.03 2.87 2.75 2.65 2.57
.01 7.56 5.39 4.51 4.02 3.70 3.47 3.30 3.17 3.07

40 .10 2.84 2.44 2.23 2.09 2.00 1.93 1.87 1.83 1.79
.05 4.08 3.23 2.84 2.61 2.45 2.34 2.25 2.18 2.12
.025 5.42 4.05 3.46 3.13 2.90 2.74 2.62 2.53 2.45
.01 7.31 5.18 4.31 3.83 3.51 3.29 3.12 2.99 2.89

60 .10 2.79 2.39 2.18 2.04 1.95 1.87 1.82 1.77 1.74
.05 4.00 3.15 2.76 2.53 2.37 2.25 2.17 2.10 2.04
.025 5.29 3.93 3.34 3.01 2.79 2.63 2.51 2.41 2.33
.01 7.08 4.98 4.13 3.65 3.34 3.12 2.95 2.82 2.72

100 .10 2.76 2.36 2.14 2.00 1.91 1.83 1.78 1.73 1.69
.05 3.94 3.09 2.70 2.46 2.31 2.19 2.10 2.03 1.97
.025 5.18 3.83 3.25 2.92 2.70 2.54 2.42 2.32 2.24
.01 6.90 4.82 3.98 3.51 3.21 2.99 2.82 2.69 2.59

1000 .10 2.71 2.31 2.09 1.95 1.85 1.78 1.72 1.68 1.64
.05 3.85 3.00 2.61 2.38 2.22 2.11 2.02 1.95 1.89
.025 5.04 3.70 3.13 2.80 2.58 2.42 2.30 2.20 2.13
.01 6.66 4.63 3.80 3.34 3.04 2.82 2.66 2.53 2.43