# t-test's questions - English 1answer

2.125 t-test questions.

### 3 What does a t-test tell us that just comparing two means doesn't?

I'm confused how comparing two mean values is different from doing a t-test. Can't I just see the two means and conclude if there's a difference? How does ttest makes sure if the 2 means are ...

### Analyzing impact of categorical independent variable on Likert Scale dependent variable

I'm working with customer satisfaction data on a 1-7 Likert scale with 7 being the "best". I have two distinct response groups, one of which participated in an additional experience and one that did ...

### 1 T-test for two groups with one group including only one value

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How to run a t-test for two groups with one group including only one value? Example: group A: 7, 8, 9 group B: 5

### Back transforming in t test using sqrt [duplicate]

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I have one sample with values of sugar intake pre and post intervention. I transformed the values for t test as the change from pre to post was negatively skewed but now I dont know how to report the ...

### Analysing Repeated Measures RCT study. emmeans / lsmeans estimate and back-transform problems. Approach doubts

Background I am writing a project on a big multicenter RCT study, where subjects are following different dietary patterns for 2 years. I have access to their dietary intakes and I am grouping them in ...

### What is the b statistic reported in a t-test?

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For more context, this is what was reported in the article .. "In support of our hypothesis, we found a significant three-way interaction for [..the dependent variable..] (b =.22, SE = .10, t(417) = 2....

### Can I use mean of mean for a/b testing?

I want to design an A/B testing for the independent two-sample t-test. Assume I want to compare the number of items people purchased. group A is the control group, group B is the testing group where ...

### 1 Testing whether the difference of two predicted y values from an lm() model is statistically significant

I want to test whether two predicted values of y for a given value of x1 (a continuous variable) at two different levels of x2 (a continuous variable) are significantly different from each other. I ...

### P-Values: Pearson Correlation and T-tests

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I am trying to draw some statistics out of correlation data and want to better understand two different ways in particular for determining 'significance'... I am not a statistician and have limited ...

### unpaired testing of differenes between changes observed in distinct subgroups of a population

0 answers, 14 views statistical-significance anova t-test
I would like to find out whether measured biological changes in a disease condition compared to a healthy control condition differ significantly between the two genders. So instead of classical ...

### 14 Common statistical tests as linear models

The list of named statistical tests is huge. Many of the common tests rely on inference from simple linear models, e.g. a one-sample t-test is just y = β + ε which is tested against the ...

### 2 Paired t-test in testing difference between two classifiers

While reading the paper "Approximate Statistical Tests for Comparing Supervised Classification Learning Algorithms", I am confused at Section 3.3 when the authors claim that the paired t-test is not ...

### 1 statistical test to compare numerical data pre and post intervention

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For my research I will be comparing the mean number of screening tests performed before implementation of an intervention and after. The pre and post groups are not the exact same participants. The ...

### 2 How can I perform a t test in R that tests the mean difference from a target ratio?

1 answers, 23 views r hypothesis-testing t-test ratio
In my data I have a ratio that aims to be 5:1. To test how close the mean difference is between the ratios in my data (of 10 items) and the ideal 5:1 ratio I carried out the following t test. ...

### 2 2x2 experimental design: t-tests vs. mixed anova analysis

1 answers, 1.304 views r anova mixed-model t-test experiment-design
I have conducted an experimental study, with 1 within-variable (time: T1 and T2) and 1 between-variable (group: control and treatment), measuring just one dependent variable. I understand that this ...

### T-test on binary data and null hypothesis [closed]

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I am trying to understand t-tests and null hypothesis. Let's take a very simple example. People like ice cream, yes/no. So I go out there ask 50 people. Do you like ice cream ? yes/no. So based on ...

### How to perform a t-test in python similar to R? [closed]

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I can do this in R:t.test(x, y = NULL, alternative = c("two.sided", "less", "greater"), mu = 0,paired = FALSE, var.equal = FALSE, conf.level = 0.95)I want some ...

### Are ANOVA, t test or chi test appliable to single values or fractions of these derived from a set of conditions?

0 answers, 35 views anova t-test paired-data
I have results from a proteomics experiment. To simplify, I tested 4 paired conditions (A1,A2,B1,B2). It outputs a list of signal absolute values for various proteins. I then compared the absolute ...

### 1 Specifying contrasts using afex

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I would like to understand how to specify a contrast in a follow-up analysis using the afex package. Below I included code from the documentation and explain why I ...

### 1 Appropriate “semi-paired” t-test

From what I understand, the paired t-test is used when measuring the same "thing" in two different scenarios (e.g. one student's pre-test vs. post-test scores). However, is there a test that takes ...

### How to use the T-test

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Suppose a scenario where we have 5 Evolutionary Algorithms whose objective is to reach the global minimum for a function f(x) ...

### Calculating t-statistics in event studies

Thanks in advance for looking into my question. I am conducting an event study in STATA based on this description: http://dss.princeton.edu/online_help/stats_packages/stata/eventstudy.html I reached ...

### Use a two-way repeated measures ANOVA when we have two independent groups

Our study consists of two independent groups named as EXPT and CTRL. There are 10 subjects in each group, and measurements at two points: pre and post test. Can we use a two-way repeated measures ...

I have $n$ pairs of observations $(x_1,y_1), (x_2,y_2)...(x_n,y_n)$ where each observation is itself the average over an underlying population: $x_1 = 1/N_{x_1} \sum_k x_{1k}$ $y_1 = 1/N_{y_1} \... ### Multiple paired t-tests. Bonferroni number of comparisons? 1 answers, 9 views t-test bonferroni I have done 9 paired t-tests, to see if there are significant changes in pre and post measurements of three variables (FFMQ-SF, GSE, WEMWBS), across three groups (Engagement level: minimum, medium, ... ### What test to use to prove one sample is significantly different I am studying performance of football teams. I want to prove one team is significantly more successful at home then other teams. I calculate the ratio between points per game at home and points per ... ### Understanding students t-test 1 answers, 34 views statistical-significance t-test mean Suppose we have 4 groups of sample data with equal sizes and we want compare mean of group 1 with group 2 and group 3 with group 4. So we perform independent sample t-test on the pair of groups and ... ### Reporting multiple t-test results in a table. Should they be repeated in text? APA 0 answers, 11 views t-test tables The standard way to report t-test results is to report them in text, for example: There was a significant effect for gender, t(54) = 5.43, p < .001, with men receiving higher scores than women.... ### Unequal Sample Size 1 answers, 325 views t-test sample-size i have unequal sample sizes for my experimental and control group. can i just simply pair the samples from both groups with similarities (example, similar pre-test scores and gender) so that I can ... ### 1 Comparing the means of 6 groups, binary dependent variable 2 answers, 409 views logistic t-test kruskal-wallis I accomplished a field experiment which results in six differently treated groups (including one control group, each n = 300). Due to randomization all groups are expected to be equal in terms of ... ### 1 Paired sample t test normality violation I would like to conduct a paired sample t test and thus, I'm checking for the assumptions of normality. Upon conducting normality testing, each group scores were found to be normally distributed ... ### 3 estimation of mean and variance [closed] 1 answers, 41 views variance estimation t-test Why are so many efforts spent on estimation and comparison of mean, but not variance? For example, t-tests are used to comparing the population mean. When reporting the data, we usually describe ... ### Minimum sample size heuristic for using Hotelling's T$^2$test 0 answers, 8 views t-test hotelling-t2 My understanding is that for non-normal data, a widely accepted heuristic for using the t-test is a sample size of at least$n=30$. Since for smaller sample sizes the distribution of the sample mean ... ### Testing the difference of means of varying indirect measurements 0 answers, 11 views t-test paired-data two-sample I want to find out whether the means of$log(A)$and$log(B)$differ. However, instead of sampling$A$and$B$directly, I could only measure$c_1A$and$c_1B$in one experiment and$c_2A$and$c_2B$... ### 6 “t value” associated with nlme/lme4 2 answers, 2.957 views t-test lme4-nlme mixed-model I understand the problem of determining the degrees of freedom in multi-level models; hence, the decision by Doug Bates et al. not to report p values as part of the lme4 package in R. Not to mention ... ### -1 How to choose the type of t-test to use for analysis? I did an A/B test on two different versions of an advert. I have the CTR of both variations of the ads for the last 10 days. I'd like to know what kind of t-test ... ### Unusual Bonferroni correction 2 answers, 37 views t-test p-value bonferroni Assume my hypothesis is: "Light supports the performance of students." The experimental setting consists of two room conditions that students are randomized to. The "light" group takes a test in a ... ### Independent Sample T-Test? Or a different statistical analysis? [duplicate] 0 answers, 10 views t-test experiment-design What kind of statistical analysis should be conducted to compare means of two unrelated groups whereby time (pre and post) is included for each group? For example, wanting to see if one group ... ### How to calculate t-statistic for one day abnormal return (event study)? How can I calculate if one day (event day) abnormal return is statistifically significant. I am trying to calculate statistical significance (using t-statistics but other statistics could be fine also)... ### 1 How to compare$t$-tests to$\chi^2\$-tests for feature selection

I am trying to learn feature importance for an ML model. To do this I am running a univariate statistical test between each independent feature and the dependent variable I am trying to predict. The ...

### Test for Uniform Distribution

The data I have has 24 data points for each observation. Each data point can take value of either zero or one. I want to test whether the 24 values come from a (discrete) uniform distribution. What ...

### 1 Sampling A/B test results (revenue per visitor vectors)

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I have two vectors of the control version A and test version B. These vectors contain revenues by visitor. So A version has 3020 visitors who didn't purchase and B respectively 2811. Revenue data ...

### Mixed Model ANOVA or Multiple Paired Sample T test?

I'm currently working on my research and this is the design: The aim of the research is to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness on subjective wellbeing and perceived stress. So, 100 ...

### Checking normality of a dependent variable and choosing statistical test

I am working on data comparing a dependent continuous variable in 2 groups. In one group, the variable is a constant while the variable appears normally distributed in the other group. Should I ...

### Calculate the percentile from a T-score

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Is it possible to calculate the percentile from a T-score? If yes, what formula can be used for it, and what other variables (e.g. standard deviation, degrees of freedom, etc.) are needed for it?

### When to use raw (not relative) change vs. absolute change in a T-Test?

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Suppose I have students 1 through 100 predict their test scores prior to taking a test. After the test, I record their actual scores, so that the head of my data table looks like this: ...

### What analysis to use with pre- and post-scores, from two different but similar measures completed by two groups?

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I am analysing the effectiveness of an aggression management programme on 10 groups. The first eight groups were assessed with the ADS and the last two with the STAXI-II. Since I want to be able to ...

### Comparing Means: Multiple Dependent Variables

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I am using school-level data to compare mean scores for two groups (Group A schools and Group B schools), as measured by a series of indicators: 1) grade-level exam percentile, 2) percent of male ...

### 1 Deciding if coke is better than pepsi

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Suppose we go and ask a few subjects if they think coke is better than pepsi. We get some yes (1) and some no's (0). We find that there are more 1's than 0's, but not that many more. How can a ...

### What hypothesis test should I use to compare the overall performance of two different athletes in a 100m race?

1 answers, 15 views t-test chi-squared z-test
I am sourcing data from IAAF's website to test my hypothesis - Athlete A is a better athlete than Athlete B (comparing their times in the Olympics). Since I would be sourcing the data from IAAF's ...