Independent Samples T-Test – What Is It? Null Hypothesis Test Statistic Assumptions Statistical Significance Effect Size Independent Samples T-Test – What Is It? An independent samples t-test evaluates if 2 populations have equal means on some variable.If the population means are really equal, then the sample means will probably differ a little bit but not […]
A car brand had 18 respondents rate 3 different car ads on attractiveness. The resulting data -part of which are shown above- are in adratings.sav. Some background variables were measured as well, including the respondent’s gender. The question we’ll try to answer is:are the 3 ads rated equally attractive and does gender play any role here?Since […]
SPSS paired samples t-test is a procedure for testing whether the means of two metric variables are equal in some population. Both variables have been measured on the same cases. Although “paired samples” suggests that multiple samples are involved, there’s really only one sample and two variables. The screenshot below illustrates the basic idea. SPSS […]
The median test for independent medians tests if two or more populations have equal medians on some variable. That is, we’re comparing 2(+) groups of cases on 1 variable at a time. Rating Car Commercials We’ll demonstrate the median test on adratings.sav. This file holds data on 18 respondents who rated 3 different car commercials on […]
Null Hypothesis Assumptions Independent Samples T Test in SPSS Output Reporting Null Hypothesis The null hypothesis for an independent samples t test is that two populations have equal means on some metric variable. For example, do men spend the same amount of money on clothing as women? We can’t reasonably ask the entire population of men and women how much they […]
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