%STUDENT_T Right-critical values of the Student distribution % T = STUDENT_T(V) returns the right-critical value of the % Student distribution for a=0.025 and V degrees of freedom. % % See also CONFIDENCEINTERVAL % (c)2005 by Cris Luengo, 25 January 2005 % Data from J. van Soest, "Elementaire Statistiek", 7th printing, % Delftse Uitgevers Maatschappij, Delft, 1992. function t = student_t(v) data025 = [ 12.706 4.303 3.182 2.776 2.571 2.447 2.365 2.306 2.262 2.228 2.201 2.179 2.160 2.145 2.131 2.120 2.110 2.101 2.093 2.086 2.080 2.074 2.069 2.064 2.060 2.056 2.052 2.048 2.045 2.042 ]; data025XY = [ 30 2.042 40 2.021 60 2.000 120 1.980 1e5 1.960 ]; if any(mod(v(:),1)~=0) error('Illegal input value'); end t = zeros(size(v)); for ii=1:prod(size(v)) if v(ii)<=0 t(ii) = NaN; elseif v(ii)<=30 t(ii) = data025(v(ii)); elseif v(ii)>=data025XY(end,1) t(ii) = data025XY(end,2); else t(ii) = interp1(data025XY(:,1),data025XY(:,2),v(ii),'linear'); end end