Detailed Calculations and Explanations using the Data You Entered
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Descriptive Statistics
The first step is to compute the descriptive statistics for each sample. . . .Purchase AccessUnequal Variances: Welch-Satterthwaite Procedure
One assumption of the t-test is that both samples have the same variances. . . .Purchase AccessTest Statistic
Standard Error of the Difference (se)
Test Statistic
The standard error of the estimate and is our denominator for the test stat. . .Purchase AccessDegrees of Freedom
The degrees of freedom for unequal variances are found using the following . . .Purchase AccessP-values
The p-value for this test is found using the student-t distribution. To fin. . .Purchase Access95% Confidence Interval For the Difference
The confidence interval is calculated by adding and subtracting the margin . . .Purchase AccessEqual Variances
When we assume equal variances we need to "pool" the two standard deviation. . .Purchase AccessPooled Standard Deviation(se)
The estimate of the standard deviation of the difference is found by multip. . .Purchase AccessTest Statistic
The test statistic t, is found by dividing the difference between means by . . .Purchase AccessDegrees of Freedom
The degrees of freedom for equal variances are much more straight forward t. . .Purchase AccessP-values
To find the p-value associated with this test statistics we use the degrees. . .Purchase Access95% Confidence Interval For the Difference
The confidence interval is calculated by adding and subtracting the margin . . .Purchase AccessTest Considerations
1 or 2 Tailed Test
Now that we have the degrees of freedom and test statistics we can find the. . .Purchase AccessEqual or Unequal Variances?
This choice depends on what you’re testing. If for example you’ve given a d. . .Purchase AccessAssumptions
When using the t-test, it is assumed the data is normally distributed and t. . .Purchase AccessReferences
- Agresti, A., Franklin, C. (2007) Statistics: The Art and Science of Learning from Data (2nd Edition)
- G.E.P. Box (1953), "Non-Normality and test on variances.", Biometrika 40: p318–355
- Howell, D. (2002), Statistical Methods for Psychology
- Satterthwaite, F. E. (1946), "An Approximate Distribution of Estimates of Variance Components.", Biometrics Bulletin 2: 110–114
- Welch, B. L. (1947), "The generalization of "student's" problem when several different population variances are involved.", Biometrika 34: 28–35