Tests Between Means of Related Groups FSE 200
What You Will Learn in Chapter 11 When to use a t test for dependent means How to compute the observed t value How to use the TTEST and TDIST functions How to use the t test Toolpak tool to compute the t value Interpreting the t value and what it means
t Tests for Dependent Samples Determining the correct statistic
Computing the Test Statistic Numerator reflects the sum of the differences between two groups
Degrees of Freedom Degrees of freedom approximate the sample size Degrees of freedom can vary based on the test statistic selected For this procedure… n – 1 (where n is the number of observations)
So How Do I Interpret… t(24) = 2.45, p > .05 t represents the test statistic used 24 is the number of degrees of freedom 2.45 is the obtained value (from the formula) p > .05 indicates the probability
TTEST Function TTEST does not compute t value It returns the probability of that value occurring
TTEST Function
TTEST Function
Using the Toolpak for t Values
Using the Toolpak for t Values
Summary of Important Data
Acknowledgement The majority of the content of these slides were from the Sage Instructor Resources Website