tTest:IndependentorCorrelatedSamples
Setup
Procedure
Independent Samples
InitialSetup:
Clickthebuttonforeither'IndependentSamples'or
'CorrelatedSamples'toindicatewhichversionofthe
twosamplettestyouwishtoperform.IftheSetup
operationisnotperformed,theprogrammingwill
defaulttotheindependentsamplesdesign.
Correlated Samples
IndependentSamples
DataEntry
SampleA
SampleB
44
40
39
46
42
43
46
41
41
47
43
45
EnteringDataDirectlyintotheTextFields:
Afterclickingthecursorintothescrollabletextarea
forsampleA,enterthevaluesforthatsamplein
sequence,pressingthecarriagereturnkeyafter
eachentryexceptthelast.(OnaMacintosh
platform,thecarriagereturnkeyislabeled'Return'
onaWindowsplatformitislabeled'Enter.')Perform
thesameprocedureforsampleB.
ImportingDataviaCopy&Paste:
Withinthespreadsheetapplicationorothersourceof
yourdata,selectandcopythecolumnofdatafor
sampleA.Thenreturntoyourwebbrowser,clickthe
cursorintothetextareaforsampleAandperform
the'Paste'operationfromthe'Edit'menu.Perform
thesameprocedureforsampleB.
Pleasebesuretoperform
theDataCheckprocedure.
Reset
Calculate
DataCheck:
Foreachsample,makesurethatthefinalentryis
DataSummary
n
http://vassarstats.net/tu.html
Total
12
1/3
12/5/2014
tTest:IndependentorCorrelatedSamples
254
263
517
X2
10786
11561
22347
SS
33.3333
32.8333
72.9167
mean
42.3333
43.8333
43.0833
ResultsQ
MeanaMeanb
df
1.5
1.01
10
onetailed 0.1681545
twotailed 0.336309
Forindependentsamples,theseresultspertaintothe"usual"ttest,
whichassumesthatthetwosampleshaveequalvariances.
FTestfortheSignificanceoftheDifference
betweentheVariancesoftheTwoSamplesQ
df1
df2
1.02
0.491596
[Applicableonlytoindependentsamples.]
P>.05indicatesnosignificantdifferencedetected
betweenthevariancesofthetwosamples.
tTestAssumingUnequalSampleVariances
[Applicableonlytoindependentsamples.]Q
MeanaMeanb
df
1.5
1.01
10
onetailed
0.1681485
twotailed
0.336297
ConfidenceIntervals
Observed
Meana
42.3333
Meanb
43.8333
MeanaMeanb
[Assumingequal
sample
variances.]
MeanaMeanb
[Assuming
unequal
sample
variances.]
http://vassarstats.net/tu.html
1.5
1.5
0.95
0.99
2.709
4.248
2.6886
4.216
3.3118
4.7078
3.3118
4.7078
Forpurposesofsignificancetestsand
calculationofconfidenceintervals,
valuesofdfassociatedwiththe
unequalvarianceconditionare
roundedtothenearestinteger.
2/3
12/5/2014
tTest:IndependentorCorrelatedSamples
IndependentSamples
Home
ClickthislinkonlyifyoudidnotarrivehereviatheVassarStatsmainpage.
RichardLowry20012014
Allrightsreserved.
A
d
s
B
y
R
a
d
i
o
C
a
n
y
o
n
AdsbyRadioCanyon
http://vassarstats.net/tu.html
AdOptions
3/3