Guidelines for Evaluating and Expressing the Uncertainty of NIST Measurement Results ‘Table B.1 — Volue of f(v) from the f-istibution for degrees of freedom v that defines an i +50) that encompasses the fraction p of the distribution al =5(¥) 0 pepe Fraction pin percent v 827 90 95 95.430) 9 99.730) H 184 631 12.71 B87 63.66 235.80 2 12 292 430 433 992 19.21 3 120 235 318 331 584 922 4 14 23 278 287 4.60 662 5 on 202 237 265, 403 ssl 6 1.09 194 245 2.52 371 490 7 1.08, 189 236 2a 3.50 433 8 107 186 231 237 336 428 8 1.06 183, 226 22. 325 4.09 10 10s 181 223 228 3u7 3.96 u Los, 180 220 225 31 3.85 2 Loa 178 218 223 30s 3.76 8 Loa wn 2.16 2a 301 3.08 4 104 176 214 220 298 3.64 15 103 13s 213 218 295 3.59 16 103, 17s 212 217 292 34 7 1.03 Lm 2a 216 290 31 18 1.03 3 2.10 2s 2.88 3.48 19 103 Ln 2.09 214 2.86 34s 20 103 Ln 2.09 213 2.85 342 25 Lo uw 2.06 2 279 333 30 102 170 2.04 2.09 295 327 35 LoL 170 203 207 2m 323 40 Lor 168 2.02 2.06 270 3.20 45 Lor 168, 201 2.05 268 3.18 30 Lor 1.68 201 2.05 268 3.16 100 1.005 1.660 1.984 2025 2.626 3.077 ° 1.000 1.645 1.960 2.000 2376 3.000 for a quantity 2 deseribed by 8 normal distribution with expectation u, and standard deviation 6, the interval 4, ko encompasses p = 68.27, 95.45, and 99.73 percent of the distribution for k= 1,2, and 3, respectively,