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You will review the theory, logic, and application of t-tests. The t-test is a basic inferential statistic often reported in psychological research. You will discover that t-tests, as well as analysis of variance (ANOVA), compare group means on some quantitative outcome variable.
Recall that null hypothesis tests are of two types: (1) differences between group means and (2) association between variables. In both cases there is a null hypothesis and an alternative hypothesis. In the group means test, the null hypothesis is that the two groups have equal means, and the alternative hypothesis is that the two groups do not have equal means. In the association between variables type of test, the null hypothesis is that the correlation coefficient between the two variables is zero, and the alternative hypothesis is that the correlation coefficient is not zero.
Notice in each case that the hypotheses are mutually exclusive. If the null is false, the alternative must be true. The purpose of null hypothesis statistical tests is generally to show that the null has a low probability of being true (the p value is less than .05) ā low enough that the researcher can legitimately claim it is false. The reason this is done is to support the allegation that the alternative hypothesis is true.
In this context you will be studying the details of the first type of test. This is the test of difference between group means. In variations on this model, the two groups can actually be the same people under different conditions, or one of the groups may be assigned a fixed theoretical value. The main idea is that two mean values are being compared. The two groups each have an average score or mean on some variable. The null hypothesis is that the difference between the means is zero. The alternative hypothesis is that the difference between the means is not zero. Notice that if the null is false, the alternative must be true. It is first instructive to consider some of the details of groups. Means, and difference between them.
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1. One-sample t test: The question in this test is whether a single sample group mean is significantly different from some stated or fixed theoretical value - the fixed value is called a parameter.
Ā· Null Hypothesis: The difference between the sample group mean and the fixed value is zero in the population.
Ā· Alternative hypothesis: T.
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Recall that null hypothesis tests are of two types: (1) differences between group means and (2) association between variables. In both cases there is a null hypothesis and an alternative hypothesis. In the group means test, the null hypothesis is that the two groups have equal means, and the alternative hypothesis is that the two groups do not have equal means. In the association between variables type of test, the null hypothesis is that the correlation coefficient between the two variables is zero, and the alternative hypothesis is that the correlation coefficient is not zero.
Notice in each case that the hypotheses are mutually exclusive. If the null is false, the alternative must be true. The purpose of null hypothesis statistical tests is generally to show that the null has a low probability of being true (the p value is less than .05) ā low enough that the researcher can legitimately claim it is false. The reason this is done is to support the allegation that the alternative hypothesis is true.
In this context you will be studying the details of the first type of test. This is the test of difference between group means. In variations on this model, the two groups can actually be the same people under different conditions, or one of the groups may be assigned a fixed theoretical value. The main idea is that two mean values are being compared. The two groups each have an average score or mean on some variable. The null hypothesis is that the difference between the means is zero. The alternative hypothesis is that the difference between the means is not zero. Notice that if the null is false, the alternative must be true. It is first instructive to consider some of the details of groups. Means, and difference between them.
Null Hypothesis Significance Test
The most common forms of the Null Hypothesis Significance Test (NHST) are three types of t tests, and the test of significance of a correlation. The NHST also extends to more complex tests, such as ANOVA, which will be discussed separately. Below, the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis are given for each of the following tests. It would be a valuable use of your time to commit the information below to memory. Once this is done, then when we refer to the tests later, you will have some structure to make sense of the more detailed explanations.
1. One-sample t test: The question in this test is whether a single sample group mean is significantly different from some stated or fixed theoretical value - the fixed value is called a parameter.
Ā· Null Hypothesis: The difference between the sample group mean and the fixed value is zero in the population.
Ā· Alternative hypothesis: T.
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1. One Sample t-test
Independent Sample t-test
&
Paired Sample t-test
K.THIYAGU,
Assistant Professor, Department of Education,
Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod
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variability
What Does Difference Mean?
High
variability
Medium
variability
The mean difference
is the same for all
three cases.
Which one shows
the greatest
difference?
6. What Do We Estimate?
Low
variability
Signal
Noise
7. What Do We Estimate?
Low
variability
Signal
Noise
Difference between group means
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8. What Do We Estimate?
Low
variability
Signal
Noise
Difference between group means
Variability of groups
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9. What Do We Estimate?
Low
variability
Signal
Noise
Difference between group means
Variability of groups
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13. The One Sample t -Test is a parametric test.
whether the
sample mean
is statistically
different
from a known
or
hypothesized
population
mean
determines
One
Sample
t -Test
15. The dependent variable must be continuous (interval/ratio).
The observations are independent of one another.
The dependent variable should not contain any outliers.
The dependent variable should be approximately normally
distributed.
Assumptions ā One Sample t-test
16. Hypotheses
where Āµ is a constant proposed for the
population mean and x is the sample mean.
Null
Hypothesis (H0)
H0: Āµ = x
"The sample mean is
equal to the [proposed]
population mean"
Alternative
Hypothesis (H1)
H1: Āµ ā x
"The sample mean is not
equal to the [proposed]
population mean"
18. ā¢Test value in the One-Sample T Test window.A) Test Value
ā¢The test statistic of the one-sample t test, denoted t. Note that t is calculated by
dividing the mean difference (E) by the standard error mean (from the One-Sample
Statistics box).
B) t Statistic
ā¢The degrees of freedom for the test. For a one-sample t test, df = n - 1;C) df
ā¢The two-tailed p-value corresponding to the test statistic.D) Sig. (2-tailed)
ā¢The difference between the "observed" sample mean (from the One Sample
Statistics box) and the "expected" mean (the specified test value (A)).
E) Mean Difference:
ā¢The confidence interval for the difference between the specified test value and the
sample mean.
F) Confidence
Interval for the
Difference:
20. The Independent Sample t -Test
is a parametric test.
whether there is
a statistically
significant
difference
between the
means in
two unrelated
groups.
determines
Independent
Sample
t -Test
21. Independent t -Test is also known as
Independent Measures t Test
Independent Two-sample t Test
Student t Test
Two-Sample t Test
Uncorrelated Scores t Test
Unpaired t Test
Unrelated t-test
22. The dependent variable must be continuous (interval/ratio).
The independent variable should consist of two categorical independent
groups.
Independence of observation
No significant outliers
The dependent variable should be approximately normally distributed.
Assumptions ā Independent Sample t-test
23. Hypotheses of Independent Sample t-test
Where Āµ1 and Āµ2 are the population means for
group 1 and group 2, respectively.
Null
Hypothesis (H0)
H0: Āµ1 = Āµ2
H0: Āµ1 - Āµ2 = 0
"The two population
means are equal"
Alternative
Hypothesis (H1)
HA: Āµ1 ā Āµ2
H1: Āµ1 - Āµ2 ā 0
"The two population
means are not
equal"
24. Hypotheses of Leveneās Test for Equality of Variances
Where Ļ1
2 and Ļ2
2 are the population variances for
group 1 and group 2, respectively.
Null
Hypothesis (H0)
H0: Ļ1
2 - Ļ2
2 = 0
"The population
variances of group 1
and 2 are equal"
Alternative
Hypothesis (H1)
H1: Ļ1
2 - Ļ2
2 ā 0
"The population
variances of group 1
and 2 are not equal"
26. Independent Sample ātā test
Analyze
Compare Means
Independent sample ātā test
Independent test
āŖIV : No. of groups (categorical-two groups)
āŖDV : Scores in Problem Solving (interval)
Ho: There is no significant difference between control and experiment group students in their post test score.
27. ā¢ F is the test statistic of Levene's test. Sig. is the p-value corresponding to this test
statistic.
A) Levene's Test for
Equality of Variances
ā¢The test statistic of the one-sample t test, denoted t. Note that t is calculated by
dividing the mean difference (E) by the standard error mean (from the One-Sample
Statistics box).
ā¢The degrees of freedom for the test. For a one-sample t test, df = n - 1;
B) t Statistic & df
ā¢The two-tailed p-value corresponding to the test statistic.Sig. (2-tailed)
ā¢Mean Difference is the difference between the sample means; it also corresponds to
the numerator of the test statistic
Mean Difference
ā¢It is the standard error; it also corresponds to the denominator of the test statisticStd. Error Difference
ā¢The confidence interval for the difference between the specified test value and the
sample mean.
C) Confidence Interval
for the Difference
29. The Paired Sample t -Test is a parametric test.
whether there is
statistical evidence
that the mean
difference between
paired observations
on a particular
outcome is
significantly different
from zero
determines
Paired
Sample
t -Test
The Paired Samples t Test compares two means that are from the same
individual, object, or related units.
30. Paired Sample t -Test is also known as
Dependent t Test
Dependent Sample t Test
Repeated Measures t Test
Correlated Scores t Test
Paired t Test
31. The dependent variable must be continuous (interval/ratio).
The independent variable should consist of two categorical
ārelated groupsā or āmatched pairsā.
No significant outliers
The dependent variable should be approximately normally
distributed.
Assumptions ā Paired Sample t-test
32. Hypotheses of Paired Sample t-test
Where Āµ1 is the population mean of variable 1, and
Āµ2 is the population mean of variable 2.
Null
Hypothesis (H0)
H0: Āµ1 = Āµ2
H0: Āµ1 - Āµ2 = 0
"The paired
population means
are equal"
Alternative
Hypothesis (H1)
HA: Āµ1 ā Āµ2
H1: Āµ1 - Āµ2 ā 0
"The paired
population means
are not equal"
34. Paired Sample ātā test
Analyze
Compare Means
Paired sample ātā test
Ho: There is no significant difference between pre test and post test means scores of experiment group students
Paired test
Two test (same sample ā different interval test): Interval Scales