In: Statistics and Probability
Compute the related samples t on the following data set.
Condition 1 | Condition 2 |
15 | 14 |
11 | 9 |
13 | 7 |
7 | 12 |
What can we conclude about our findings?
Condition 1 | Condition 2 | Difference |
15 | 14 | 1 |
11 | 9 | 2 |
13 | 7 | 6 |
7 | 12 | -5 |
Mean of the difference
X̅ = 1
Standard deviation of the difference (using Excel
function stdev.s)
s = 4.546
n = 4
…Sample size
The null and alternative hypotheses are
Ho : μ1 - μ2 = 0
Ha : μ1 - μ2 ≠ 0
where μ1 , μ2 are the population means for the condition 1 and 2
respectively.
Let the level of significance be 5%
α = 0.05
t statistic is
t = 0.4399
df = degrees of freedom = 4 - 1 = 3
We find p-value using Excel function
t.dist.2t
p-value = T.DIST.2T(0.4399, 3)
p-value = 0.6898
0.6898 > 0.05
that is p-value > α
Hence, we do not reject Ho
Conclusion :
There does not exist sufficient statistical evidence
at 5% level of significance to
show that there is a difference between the results of
the two conditions
that is
There is no difference between the two
conditions