SOLUTION: In statistics Using the t value table How do u find the lower tail area of .05 with 50 degrees of freedom?

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Question 240949: In statistics
Using the t value table
How do u find the lower tail area of .05 with 50 degrees of freedom?

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20065) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The area IS .05!!!  I think you must mean how do you find the
t-score which has the area of .05 to the left of it.  

If that's what you want, you find the value 50 under the df-column 
then find the column that is headed 0.05 and the value in line with 
50 in the df-column is t=1.676.  That's the value of t that has
area .05 to the RIGHT of it.  But since you want the t-score that
has area .05 to the LEFT of it, you simply make that value negative
because the t-curve is symmetrical.

Answer: t = -1.676

Edwin