Statistical Tables
1. Critical values for Dixon’s Q-test at the 95% CL (P = 0.05)
See the course text pp.98–99; also “Statistics & Chemometrics for Analytical
Chemistry” by Miller & Miller, 4th ed., pp.54–57. For a more critical evluation of
the Q-test, see the article by J. N. Miller in Analyst, 1993, 118, 455–461.
n Qcrit n Qcrit
3 0.970 10 0.466
4 0.829 15 0.384
5 0.710 20 0.342
6 0.625 25 0.317
7 0.568 30 0.298
8 0.526
9 0.493
| xsuspect – xnearest|
Q = xmax – xmin
2. Values of the t-statistic at the 95% CL (P = 0.05) for a 2-tailed test
See the course text pp.90–97; lso “Statistics & Chemometrics for Analytical
Chemistry” by Miller & Miller, 4th ed., pp.42–51.
ν = (n – 1) tcrit ν = (n – 1) tcrit
1 12.706 10 2.228
2 4.303 12 2.18
3 3.182 14 2.14
4 2.776 15 2.131
5 2.571 16 2.12
6 2.447 18 2.10
7 2.365 20 2.086
8 2.306 25 2.060
9 2.262 30 2.04
√n
± t(n–1) = (x ave – µ)
s
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3. Values of the F statistic at the 95% CL (P = 0.05) for a 1-tailed test
See the course text pp.92–93; also “Statistics & Chemometrics for Analytical
Chemistry” by Miller & Miller, 4th ed., pp.52–54.
ν1 = 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
ν2 = 2 19.00 19.16 19.25 19.30 19.33 19.35 19.37 19.38 19.40
3 9.552 9.277 9.117 9.013 8.941 8.887 8.845 8.812 8.786
4 6.944 6.591 6.388 6.256 6.163 6.094 6.041 5.999 5.964
5 5.786 5.409 5.192 5.050 4.950 4.876 4.818 4.772 4.735
6 5.143 4.757 4.534 4.387 4.284 4.207 4.147 4.099 4.060
7 4.737 4.347 4.120 3.972 3.866 3.787 3.726 3.677 3.637
8 4.459 4.066 3.838 3.687 3.581 3.500 3.438 3.388 3.347
9 4.256 3.863 3.633 3.482 3.374 3.293 3.230 3.179 3.137
10 4.103 3.708 3.478 3.326 3.217 3.135 3.072 3.020 2.978
2
s1
F = 2 2
where s1 > s2
2
s2
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