Updated: 9 August 2010
Use TINV to calculate the t-value of the Student's t-distribution as a function of the probability and the degrees of freedom. The cumulative distribution function which is given by the incomplete beta function:
Where
Syntax
SELECT [wctStatistics].[wct].[TINV] (
<@Probability, float,>
,<@Degrees_freedom, float,>)
Arguments
@Probability
is the probability associated with the two-tailed Student's t-distribution. @Probability 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.
Return Types
float
Remarks
· If @Degrees_freedom < 1, TINV returns an error.
· @Degrees_freedom is truncated to zero decimal places.
· If @Probability < 0 or @Probability > 1, TINV returns an error
· TINV uses root-finding algorithms and iteration to solve for TDIST(TINV(@Probability, @Degrees_freedom),@Degrees_freedom, 2) - @Probability = 0to eight decimal places
Examples
Select wct.tinv(0.0546449297129976, 60)
This produces the following result
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1.95999999799997
(1 row(s) affected)
Select Round(wct.TDIST(wct.tinv(0.0546449297129976, 60), 60, 2) - 0.0546449297129976, 9)
This produces the following result
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0
(1 row(s) affected)