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TINV(probability, degrees_freedom)

 
 Returns the t-value of the Student's t-distribution as a function of the probability and the degrees of freedom.

 probabilityThe probability associated with the two-tailed Student's t-distribution.
 degrees_freedomThe number of degrees of freedom to characterize the distribution.

 REMARKS
 
  • If any of the arguments are not numeric, then #VALUE! is returned.
     
  • If "probability" < 0, then #NUM! is returned.
     
  • If "probability" > 1, then #NUM! is returned.
     
  • If "degrees_freedom" is not an integer, it is truncated.
     
  • If "degrees_freedom" < 1, then #NUM! is returned.
     
  • TINV is calculated as TINV = p( t
     
  • A one-tailed t-value can be returned by replacing probability with 2*probability. For a probability of 0.05 and degrees of freedom of 10, the two-tailed value is calculated with TINV(0.05,10), which returns 2.28139. The one-tailed value for the same probability and degrees of freedom can be calculated with TINV(2*0.05,10), which returns 1.812462.
     
  • The accuracy of this function was improved in Excel 2003. For more information please refer to this Knowledge Base Article (828340).

     EXAMPLES
     
     A
    1=TINV(0.054645,60) = 1.960
     

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