Intuitive way to remember Student's t values?

CFA Level I Quant
#1

So I can intuitively understand Z-scores for a normal distrib., but struggling a little to intuitively remember the different student’s t values.

For example, I know that for a normal distribution, an alpha 10% two-tailed distribution has z-score = 1.65, therefore an alpha 5% one-tailed distribution would have 1.65.

But with Student’s t, I find it more challenging given all the degrees of freedom. Any advise please?

#2

Don’t bother.

If you need a t-value, they’ll provide an excerpt from a table. You’re not expected to have memorized them.

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