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Table M Critical Values for the Number of Runs

This table gives the critical values at a  0.05 for a two-tailed test. Reject the null hypothesis if the number of runs is less than
or equal to the smaller value or greater than or equal to the larger value.
Value of n2
Value
of n1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
3
6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
4
6 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
5
6 8 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
1 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6
6
6 8 9 10 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
7
6 8 10 11 12 13 13 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16
1 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7
8
6 8 10 11 12 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 17
1 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
9
6 8 10 12 13 14 14 15 16 16 16 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18
1 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 9
10
6 8 10 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 18 19 19 19 20 20
1 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9
11
6 8 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 18 19 19 19 20 20 20 21 21
2 2 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10
12
6 8 10 12 13 14 16 16 17 18 19 19 20 20 21 21 21 22 22
2 2 3 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 10
13
6 8 10 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 19 20 20 21 21 22 22 23 23
2 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 11 11
14
6 8 10 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 21 22 22 23 23 23 24
2 3 3 4 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 11 12
15
6 8 10 12 14 15 16 18 18 19 20 21 22 22 23 23 24 24 25
2 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 11 12 12
16
6 8 10 12 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 21 22 23 23 24 25 25 25
2 3 4 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 11 12 12 13
17
6 8 10 12 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 23 24 25 25 26 26
2 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13
18
6 8 10 12 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 26 26 27
2 3 4 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 13
19
6 8 10 12 14 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 23 24 25 26 26 27 27
2 3 4 5 6 6 7 8 9 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 13 13 14
20
6 8 10 12 14 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 26 27 27 28

Source: Adapted from C. Eisenhardt and F. Swed, “Tables for Testing Randomness of Grouping in a Sequence of Alternatives,” The Annals of Statistics, vol. 14 (1943),
pp. 83–86. Reprinted with permission of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and of the Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, in whose publication, Elementary
Statistics, 3rd ed. (1989), by Mario F. Triola, this table appears.

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