Updated: 9 August 2010
Use TDIST to calculate the probability for the Student t-distribution where a numeric value (x) is a calculated value of t for which the probability is to be computed. The t-distribution is used in the hypothesis testing of small sample data sets. Use this function in place of a table of critical values for the t-distribution. TDIST calculates the cumulative distribution function which is given by the incomplete beta function:
Where
Syntax
SELECT [wctStatistics].[wct].[TDIST] (
<@X, float,>
,<@Degrees_freedom, float,>
,<@Tails, int,>)
Arguments
@X
is the value to at which to evaluate the distribution. @X is an expression of type float or of a type that can be implicitly converted to float.
@Degrees_freedom
is a number specifying the degrees of freedom. @Degrees_freedom is an expression of type float or of a type that can be implicitly converted to float.
@Tails
specifies the number of distribution tails to return.If @Tails = 1, TDIST returns the one-tailed distribution. If @Tails = 2, TDIST returns the two-tailed distribution. @Tails is an expression of type int or of a type that can be implicitly converted to int.
Return Types
float
Remarks
· If @Degrees_freedom < 1, TDIST returns an error.
· @Degrees_freedom is truncated to zero decimal places.
· If @Tails is < 1 or @Tails > 2, TDIST returns an error.
· If @X < 0, TDIST returns an error.
Examples
SELECT wct.TDIST(1.959999998, 60, 1)
This produces the following result
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0.0273224648564988
(1 row(s) affected)
select wct.BETADIST(60/(60+power(1.959999998,2)), 60/2, 1.00000/2.00000, NULL, NULL)/2
This produces the following result
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0.0273224648564988
(1 row(s) affected)
SELECT wct.TDIST(1.959999998, 60, 2)
This produces the following result
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0.0546449297129976
(1 row(s) affected)
select wct.FDIST(power(1.959999998,2),1,60) )
This produces the following result
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0.0546449297178828
(1 row(s) affected)