T-Test For Uncorrelated Samples: Presented By: Mark Nelson Adrian Dela Cruz Kim David A. Abuque
T-Test For Uncorrelated Samples: Presented By: Mark Nelson Adrian Dela Cruz Kim David A. Abuque
T-Test For Uncorrelated Samples: Presented By: Mark Nelson Adrian Dela Cruz Kim David A. Abuque
where µ1 and µ2 are the population means for group 1 and group 2,
respectively.
Test Statistic
Where
• The calculated t value is then compared to the critical t
value from the t distribution table with degrees of freedom
df = n1 + n2 - 2 and chosen confidence level. If the
calculated t value is greater than the critical t value, then
we reject the null hypothesis.
• Note that this form of the independent samples T test
statistic assumes equal variances.
• Because we assume equal population variances, it is OK
to "pool" the sample variances (sp). However, if this
assumption is violated, the pooled variance estimate may
not be accurate, which would affect the accuracy of our
test statistic (and hence, the p-value).
Equal Variances Not Assumed:
When the two independent samples are assumed to be drawn from populations
with unequal variances (i.e., σ12 ≠ σ22), the test statistic t is computed as:
The calculated t value is then compared to the critical t value from
the t distribution table with degrees of freedom
Note that this form of the independent samples T test statistic does
not assume equal variances. This is why both the denominator of
the test statistic and the degrees of freedom of the critical value of t
are different than the equal variances form of the test statistic.