A left tail area in the chi-squared distribution equals .99.For df = 8,the table value equals:

A) 20.090
B) 3.4895
C) 2.7326
D) 15.5073

Left Tail Area

refers to the portion of a distribution curve to the left of a specified value, often associated with finding probabilities in statistical analysis.

Degrees of Freedom

In statistics, the number of independent values or quantities that can be assigned to a statistical distribution.

Distribution Table

A table that displays the frequency of various outcomes in a sample, often used in statistics to organize data.