The Shape of the Student's t distribution is determined by ...

As indicated by the chart below, the areas given at the top of this table are the right tail areas for the t-value inside the table. To determine the 0.05 critical value from the t-distribution with 6 degrees of freedom, look in the 0.05 column at the 6 row: t(.05,6) = 1.943180. ................
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