Independent Samples T-test

Question 1

What is a t test?

Answer 1

A statistical test used to compare the means of 2 groups

-measures categorical (2 groups) and continuous variables

Question 2

Correlation measures?

Answer 2

Continuous and continuous variables

Question 3

ANOVA measures?

Answer 3

Same as t test

-measures categorical (3 or more groups) and continous variables

Question 4

Chai square meausres?

Answer 4

Categorical and categorical variables

Question 5

Independent sample t test?

Answer 5

Compares the means of 2 independent groups to see if there is statistical evidence that there is significant difference
-the null hypothesis is the same until proven otherwise

Question 6

Analyze t(4)= 3.143, p

Answer 6

• 4 is the degree of freedom. Add 2 to get the # of participants
• 3.143 is t-statistics
• .05 is the significance level