P-Value for a test statistic

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P-Value for a test statistic

Postby dt084 on Thu Jan 28, 2010 11:34 pm

The question reads:

If the value of the test statistic to test for the existence of a linear relationship is 2.6 based on 30 observations, the P-value is

It has been a while since I've done statistics and I know this should be a simple question but it appears I'm messing something up. The way I thought this would be done is looking at the t-distribution table and finding where in the 28 (n-2) row 2.6 is. When I do this I find that it is between 0.01 and 0.005 and I selected less than 0.01 on our multiple choice quiz in my class but I got this wrong (correct answer is given as between 0.01 and 0.05).

I was just wondering if somebody could help me figure out what I'm doing wrong so I don't get similar questions wrong in the future.

Thanks!
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