Table 7a Upper Critical Values of Chi-Square Distribution with n Degrees of Freedom

0 2
v,

For selected probabilities a, the table shows the values x2v,a such that P1 x2v 7 x2v,a 2 = a, where x2v is a chi-square random variable with v
degress of freedom. For example, the probability is .100 that a chi-square random variable with 10 degrees of freedom is greater than 15.987.

Probability of Exceeding the Critical Value

n 0.10 0.05 0.025 0.01 0.001
1 2.706 3.841 5.024 6.635 10.828
2 4.605 5.991 7.378 9.210 13.816
3 6.251 7.815 9.348 11.345 16.266
4 7.779 9.488 11.143 13.277 18.467
5 9.236 11.070 12.833 15.086 20.515
6 10.645 12.592 14.449 16.812 22.458
7 12.017 14.067 16.013 18.475 24.322
8 13.362 15.507 17.535 20.090 26.125
9 14.684 16.919 19.023 21.666 27.877
10 15.987 18.307 20.483 23.209 29.588
11 17.275 19.675 21.920 24.725 31.264
12 18.549 21.026 23.337 26.217 32.910
13 19.812 22.362 24.736 27.688 34.528
14 21.064 23.685 26.119 29.141 36.123
15 22.307 24.996 27.488 30.578 37.697
16 23.542 26.296 28.845 32.000 39.252
17 24.769 27.587 30.191 33.409 40.790
18 25.989 28.869 31.526 34.805 42.312
19 27.204 30.144 32.852 36.191 43.820
20 28.412 31.410 34.170 37.566 45.315
21 29.615 32.671 35.479 38.932 46.797
22 30.813 33.924 36.781 40.289 48.268
23 32.007 35.172 38.076 41.638 49.728
24 33.196 36.415 39.364 42.980 51.179
25 34.382 37.652 40.646 44.314 52.620
26 35.563 38.885 41.923 45.642 54.052
27 36.741 40.113 43.195 46.963 55.476
28 37.916 41.337 44.461 48.278 56.892
29 39.087 42.557 45.722 49.588 58.301
30 40.256 43.773 46.979 50.892 59.703
40 51.805 55.758 59.342 63.691 73.402
50 63.167 67.505 71.420 76.154 86.661
60 74.397 79.082 83.298 88.379 99.607
70 85.527 90.531 95.023 100.425 112.317
80 96.578 101.879 106.629 112.329 124.839
90 107.565 113.145 118.136 124.116 137.208
100 118.498 124.342 129.561 135.807 149.449
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Table 7b Lower Critical Values of Chi-Square Distribution with n Degrees of Freedom

0 2
v,

For selected probabilities a, the table shows the values x2v,a such that P1 x2v 7 x2v,a 2 = a, where x2v is a chi-square random variable with v de-
gress of freedom. For example, the probability is 0.90 that a chi-square variable with 10 degrees of freedom is greater than 4.865.

Probability of Exceeding the Critical Value

n 0.90 0.95 0.975 0.99 0.999
1 .016 .004 .001 .000 .000
2 .211 .103 .051 .020 .002
3 .584 .352 .216 .115 .024
4 1.064 .711 .484 .297 .091
5 1.610 1.145 .831 .554 .210
6 2.204 1.635 1.237 .872 .381
7 2.833 2.167 1.690 1.239 .598
8 3.490 2.733 2.180 1.646 .857
9 4.168 3.325 2.700 2.088 1.152
10 4.865 3.940 3.247 2.558 1.479
11 5.578 4.575 3.816 3.053 1.834
12 6.304 5.226 4.404 3.571 2.214
13 7.042 5.892 5.009 4.107 2.617
14 7.790 6.571 5.629 4.660 3.041
15 8.547 7.261 6.262 5.229 3.483
16 9.312 7.962 6.908 5.812 3.942
17 10.085 8.672 7.564 6.408 4.416
18 10.865 9.390 8.231 7.015 4.905
19 11.651 10.117 8.907 7.633 5.407
20 12.443 10.851 9.591 8.260 5.921
21 13.240 11.591 10.283 8.897 6.447
22 14.041 12.338 10.982 9.542 6.983
23 14.848 13.091 11.689 10.196 7.529
24 15.659 13.848 12.401 10.856 8.085
25 16.473 14.611 13.120 11.524 8.649
26 17.292 15.379 13.844 12.198 9.222
27 18.114 16.151 14.573 12.879 9.803
28 18.939 16.928 15.308 13.565 10.391
29 19.768 17.708 16.047 14.256 10.986
30 20.599 18.493 16.791 14.953 11.588
40 29.051 26.509 24.433 22.164 17.916
50 37.689 34.764 32.357 29.707 24.674
60 46.459 43.188 40.482 37.485 31.738
70 55.329 51.739 48.758 45.442 39.036
80 64.278 60.391 57.153 53.540 46.520
90 73.291 69.126 65.647 61.754 54.155
100 82.358 77.929 74.222 70.065 61.918
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